MIT-Online Study Group
MIT

Charge

To explore the feasibility and possible approaches for MIT to extend its educational leadership, excellence and impact, domestically and worldwide, in a rapidly evolving global environment, and to:

  • Evaluate the tangible and intangible long-term value and impact to MIT: its core values and strengths, educational mission of providing high quality education to the most qualified students, reputation and brand, organization, (residential) faculty and students, and global presence and influence.
  • Assess the domestic and global market demand, capacity, opportunities and competition; evaluate peer models, best practices and lessons learned for these.
  • Explore the target learners, positioning, naming/use of name, offerings, pricing; admissions and other policies, and modes of engagement and delivery.
  • Develop business and financial models and projections; evaluate the initial and long-term financial impact on MIT.
  • Explore existing strengths and capacity, and develop possible organizational and governance models.
  • Develop an implementation strategy, and near- and long-term plans.

The Committee is expected to engage the MIT community, including establishing for input a key informants/stakeholders group and an independent student study group, and report periodically to the Provost and other senior academic administrators (e.g., Deans, Department Heads).  A preliminary report is anticipated by December 15, 2010, and a final report is due by April 15, 2011. The Committee shall submit its final report with specific recommendations regarding the strategic vision and objectives; as well as the educational approach, offerings, use of name, organization, governance and implementation.  It is expected that the Committee will be supported in its work by an outside consultancy team.

Membership

  • Harold Abelson, SoE
  • Amy K. Glasmeier, SA&P
  • David R. Karger, SoE
  • Eric Klopfer, SA&P
  • Shigeru Miyagawa, SHASS
  • Thomas W. Malone, SSM
  • David E. Pritchard, SoS
  • Israel Ruiz, EVP
  • JoAnne Yates, SSM
  • Dick K.P. Yue (Chair), SoE
  • Student TBA