Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Massachusetts Institute of Technology" in English language version.
The war made necessary the formation of new working coalitions ... between these technologists and government officials. These changes were especially noteworthy at MIT.
It's the third year in a row that [MIT] ... has been top of the QS World University Rankings. The biggest single factor in the QS rankings is academic reputation ... calculated by surveying more than 60,000 academics ... Universities with an established name and a strong brand are likely to do better.
[In the sixties] Students spoke of their undergraduate experience as "drinking from a fire hose."
In 1959, 158 women were enrolled at MIT.
Mathematical approaches to economics have at times been criticized as lacking in practical value. Yet the MIT Economics Department has trained many economists who have played leading roles in government and in the private sector, including the current heads of four central banks: those of Chile, Israel, Italy, and, I might add, the United States.
At a critical time in the late 1960s, Johnson stood up to the forces of campus rebellion at MIT. Many university presidents were destroyed by the troubles. Only Edward Levi, University of Chicago president, had comparable success guiding his institution to a position of greater strength and unity after the turmoil.
We are a meritocracy. We judge each other by our ideas, our creativity and our accomplishments, not by who our families are.
MIT's founder, William Barton Rogers, regarded the practice of giving honorary degrees as 'literary almsgiving ... of spurious merit and noisy popularity ... '
Registration: In 1959–60 ... [o]ne hundred and fifty-five women were enrolled, [2.5 percent of student body]. ...
Intercollegiate Athletics: 33 varsity sports.
Established in 1948, the ILP continues ... making industrial connections for MIT.
MIT is organized into academic departments, or Courses, which you will often hear referred to by their Course number or acronym.
MIT provides financial aid on the basis of financial need only. We don't award money based on any measure of merit—academic, athletic, artistic, or anything else.
MIT doesn't rank, and nobody graduates with Latin honors or anything foofy like that.
List of institutions that sponsor the most sports: Bowdoin College and Williams College – 32; MIT – 31.
"The rankings suggest that the top six- ... Stanford University and the University of Oxford – form a group of globally recognized "super brands".
Compton co-founded in 1946 what is believed to be the nation's first venture capital company. ... [He] and a group led by a Harvard professor [Doriot] founded one of the first venture capital companies, American Research & Development Corp.
Established in 1948, the ILP continues ... making industrial connections for MIT.
We are a meritocracy. We judge each other by our ideas, our creativity and our accomplishments, not by who our families are.
Mathematical approaches to economics have at times been criticized as lacking in practical value. Yet the MIT Economics Department has trained many economists who have played leading roles in government and in the private sector, including the current heads of four central banks: those of Chile, Israel, Italy, and, I might add, the United States.
Registration: In 1959–60 ... [o]ne hundred and fifty-five women were enrolled, [2.5 percent of student body]. ...
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