MIT Sloan Management Review’s proposed shutdown triggered an internal backlash after the school announced it would stop production of the 67-year-old publication. MIT Sloan Dean Richard Locke said the journal would cease after a nearly seven-decade run, with the final issue scheduled for September 2026, and warned the move would eliminate 23 full-time staff positions plus roughly 20 contractors. Members of the editorial advisory board publicly disputed the rationale. Stuart Hart of the University of Michigan and Tensie Whelan of NYU Stern told reporters they were surprised and rejected Sloan leadership’s framing. Hart and Whelan characterized the decision as impulsive and out of step with the journal’s mission. The dispute underscores how business schools are rebalancing scholarship and thought leadership into faster, digital formats—while faculty governance and advisory structures are pushing back on the loss of long-running academic platforms.