Why MIT’s Epstein Problem Is ‘Clearly a Women’s Issue’

For many of the women now on MIT’s faculty, the idea that Epstein was courted on their campus was symptomatic of a larger problem there. At the faculty meeting, on Wednesday, two of them read aloud a letter addressed to Reif and to Martin A. Schmidt, the provost, asking the university leadership for a review of its development practices and more support for women on campus.