Choosing the new provost is the responsibility of President Susan Hockfield, who has invited the MIT community to send her ideas regarding the provost position and possible candidates, as well as thoughts on the key issues that the next provost will need to address in the coming years. Letters may be sent to her confidentially either at the Office of the President, Room 3-208, or via e-mail to provostsearch@mit.edu.
A version of this article appeared in MIT Tech Talk on June 8, 2005 (download PDF).