Michael S Roth
@mroth78
16th president @Wesleyan_u, (grand)father, husband, author, professor. Opinions my own. Advocate for pragmatic #LiberalArts #LiberalEducationMatters #GoWes
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http://www.wesleyan.edu/president/ 25-09-2010 16:29:09
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My Wesleyan University blog: 'On protests, encampments, freedom of expression'. roth.blogs.wesleyan.edu/2024/04/30/on-…
.Jen Silverman Students “do not want to be seen representing any values they do not personally hold..in a moment in which our world has never felt so fast-changing and bewildering, our stories are getting simpler, less nuanced” via @NYTOpinion nytimes.com/2024/04/28/opi…
Read Ross Douthat on how students have been carefully taught to see “Israel [as] the singular scapegoat for the sins of defunct European empires and white-supremacist regimes.” via @NYTOpinion nytimes.com/2024/04/27/opi…
.David Brooks on our epistemic dysphoria: “People segregate into intellectually cohesive teams, which are always dumber than intellectually diverse teams. Issues are settled by intimidation, not evidence” via @NYTOpinion nytimes.com/2024/04/18/opi…