MITES director Reid said that programs like MITES are needed to provide a more level playing field to promote under-represented minorities in higher education.
To maintain this goal of increased representation, he said that the program may expand from its normal 60-student class-size, depending on the current pool of applications.
“MITES is not about bringing people to MIT,” said Redwine. “It’s about bringing people to good universities across the country and we want to maintain that goal.”
Applications for this summer’s program need to be postmarked by this Friday.
—Staff writer Nalina Sombuntham can be reached at sombunth@fas.harvard.edu.
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