oh, guess what: MIT's endowment is <checks notes> $27 billion.
That's right: 27 billion dollars.
27 billion USD.
Why, I ask, is MIT closing THREE of its FOUR major libraries?
Tita Chico
“I write with dismay, grief and sorrow for the permanent closure of MIT Libraries Barker, Dewey and Rotch, and termination of library staff in those libraries.
For MIT to be closing three of its four major libraries..."
fnl.mit.edu/may-june-202...