I believe MIT understands it is particularly vulnerable to DEI. It is science and tech focused, is not a liberal arts or social-sciences university, and it depends heavily on alumni gifts, grants, and corporate sponsorships for research money, underpinned by its reputation at the worlds top research institute. The same goes for attracting the best people. It attracts the best and brightest because it is the peak of scientific research. And good scientists do not accept the fake premises of DEI.
If that reputation changed, even in the slightest, it could disappear quickly
As American universities go, MIT thankfully is not a hotbed of woke Neo-marxism.
Relatively speaking, perhaps.
A low bar.