There does seem to have been a change in the culture at MIT though. I can't find the article now, but I recall reading years ago about the student body being vocally opposed to one administrator in particular who didn't seem to grok the culture there.
So clearly there's been some discussion a sea change in the culture at MIT. If true -- if it is even perceived to be true -- that will really be a problem for the school, as its status among technical universities owes a lot to its cultural respect for all forms of hacking.
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There does seem to have been a change in the culture at MIT though. I can't find the article now, but I recall reading years ago about the student body being vocally opposed to one administrator in particular who didn't seem to grok the culture there.
I did find an article from 2007 about a case that raised questions about how the university handled hacking (http://tech.mit.edu/V127/N4/hackers.html), and a follow-up from 2008 titled, "Hacking tradition under fire?" (http://tech.mit.edu/V127/N66/hacking.html)
So clearly there's been some discussion a sea change in the culture at MIT. If true -- if it is even perceived to be true -- that will really be a problem for the school, as its status among technical universities owes a lot to its cultural respect for all forms of hacking.