Michael S. Roth

President at Wesleyan University

Michael S. Roth is the president of Wesleyan University and is known as a historian, curator, author, and public advocate for liberal education. He has written a number of books, including “Beyond the University: Why Liberal Education Matters,” which has been assigned to boards of trustees and incoming freshmen alike and serves as a powerful tool for students, their families, faculty, and policymakers who are wrestling with the future of higher education in America.

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Debates Featuring Michael S. Roth

Trigger Warning: Safe Spaces Are Dangerous

With Ashutosh Bhagwat, David L. Hudson Jr., Suzanne Nossel, Michael S. Roth

June 23, 2018

Long hailed as bastions of intellectual development and ground zero for the free and spirited exchange of ideas, today’s universities have come under attack by those who argue that a new generation of students and administrators are trading in academia’s most cherished values for political correctness and inclusion. At the heart of this debate is the question of safe spaces, how we define them, and whether they aid or hinder intellectual inquiry. Deeply rooted in social justice movements of the…