The Committee on Student Affairs (CSA) called for the establishment of the Food Services Working Group to study the current dining system and recommend changes. The goal was a comprehensive change of the entire system of food delivery on campus.

The committee’s goals were to: examine alternative proposals made by several food service vendors and make recommendations; examine the economic and social implications of various plans for organization of the dining service; and study the future role of food and food service facilities at MIT. [NOTE: This is Part 1. The whereabouts of Part 2 are unknown.]

The committee was charged to take a fresh look at dining at MIT: to identify strengths and problems in the current dining opportunities on campus; to develop goals for the dining program as part of the overall student experience at MIT, and to assess the university’s responsibilities in this regard; and to explore alternatives to the current operating modes and dining offerings.

What are the things that we learned how to do during the pandemic that faculty and instructors across MIT are now, already, building into their on-campus teaching? The Ad Hoc Committee on Leveraging Best Practices from Remote Teaching for On-Campus Education has asked this question broadly across MIT.

Vice Chancellor Ian Waitz convened the MIT Committee on Student Career Exploration and Services to review aspects and activities associated with student career exploration and services, and to identify changes that would enhance exploration of, and access to, a broad range of careers in a manner that best serves student needs.

MIT's residential system should try to support three separate objectives: provide students with adequate, clean, comfortable housing and dining; create a comfortable, welcoming environment – in other words, a home; and promote community by stimulating interaction among students, faculty, staff, administration, and alumni/ae.

In this final report, the Task Force offers a series of recommendations for how MIT can continue to transform education for future generations of learners.

The Provost appointed the Graduate Student Housing Working Group to evaluate how graduate student housing needs are currently met, identify strengths and weaknesses in the current system, and make recommendations for meeting graduate housing needs in the future.

The committee was asked to review current policies for funding graduate students at MIT and to recommend any policy or other changes necessary in order to continue to attract the very best graduate students to MIT and to maintain excellence in our graduate programs.

The Residence System Steering Committee was appointed by the Chancellor to consider the MIT Residence System in total, and to describe a residence system for MIT that maximizes the opportunity to contribute to the integrated educational experience of its residents.

The Special Committee to Review the Discipline System was charged by Chancellor Phillip Clay and Professor Rafael Bras, Chair of the Faculty, to assess the Committee on Discipline and the Office of the Dean for Student Life procedures and processes, and to identify places where changes are needed to make them consistent, transparent, and fair; set standards and outline procedures for specific types of cases; recommend legislative changes to implement their recommendations.

This is the final report of MIT's Institute-wide Planning Task Force, which was charged with identifying opportunities for efficiency and cost reduction that do not sacrifice MIT's core mission. It represents a concerted, inclusive, sustained effort to strengthen MIT by improving operations; preserve MIT's financial stability; and enhance its global leadership in research and education.

This subcommittee examined the emergence of undergraduate and graduate sub-term subjects across the Institute through an understanding of: (1) the overall trends and current situation, (2) the motivating aspirations and goals, and (3) the pedagogical value and the effects on student learning and life of such offerings.

Chancellor Cynthia Barnhart and Medical Director Cecilia Stuopis charged the committee to review MIT's policies on hospitalization and medical leave for both undergraduate as well as graduate students.