Word: vesting
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Vest said in a press release that he was leaving because “the time is fast approaching when MIT should benefit from the renewal that comes with selecting a new president and developing the next stage of its vision and programs...
After Hopkins and other female faculty published a report charting gender inequities in MIT’s faculty newsletter, she said Vest endorsed the report and helped lead the push to disseminate its conclusions to other universities...
...report “changed the whole discussion of the topic,” said Hopkins. “It was a courageous thing [for Vest...
Hopkins said MIT has seen a 50 percent increase in the number of female engineering faculty in the years since the report’s publication, and in January 2001 Vest held a meeting of the presidents and female faculty of nine top research institutions, including Harvard, in an effort to ameliorate issues of gender equity...
...Eighteen of the 25 largest gifts from individuals in MIT’s history have been received during the Vest presidency,” according to the press release...