$24M gift will allow MIT to admit more students
September 8, 2010
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—Massachusetts Institute of Technology will be admitting more students in the future, thanks to a $24 million gift from an alumnus.
MIT announced on Wednesday that the gift from Fairborz Maseeh (MAH'-see) and his charitable foundation will enable the school to add about
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