MITx targeted in MIT Faculty Newsletter - Anne Cai and Ethan A. Solomon, the Tech

The MIT Faculty Newsletter (FNL) marks the second issue in a row in which MIT’s faculty launched a coordinated response to a major Institute development. Last issue, it was MIT 2030. Now, the faculty have turned their collective eye towards MITx — the online learning initiative set to open to the public next week. Faculty reactions to MITx, as expressed in the FNL, are mixed. The Newsletter’s editorial board and Faculty Chair Samuel M. Allen PhD ’75 took a largely middle-of-the road approach in their columns. They expressed optimism over the promise of MITx but called for increased attention to the platform’s implementation and asked how on-campus education at MIT will change as MITx grows.