Michael S Roth

@mroth78

16th president @Wesleyan_u, (grand)father, husband, author, professor. Opinions my own. Advocate for pragmatic #LiberalArts #LiberalEducationMatters #GoWes

Middletown, CT

wesleyan.edu/president/

Joined September 2010

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Michael S Roth
@mroth78
Sep 13, 2023
My new book explores how we invest so much in students because we want them to be learning freedom, to think for themselves in the company of others. #students #HigherEd #History @wesleyan_u
Yale University Press
@yalepress
Sep 12, 2023
Michael S. Roth @mroth78 on his new book with Yale Univeristy Press, The Student: A Short History! #education #students #history
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Michael S Roth
@mroth78
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From extraction to renewal:
Use Big Tech Settlements for Civic Renewal
From democracyrenovator.com
Michael S Roth
@mroth78
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“Only 16% of Americans rate lawyers’ honesty and ethical standards as "high" or "very high," according to a Gallup poll…Lawyers did better than business executives, insurance salespeople and stockbroker” ABA. Maybe it’s not viewpoint diversity..
Greg Lukianoff
@glukianoff
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A decade ago, a clear majority of Americans had high confidence in U.S. colleges and universities. Today, fewer than a third do, while the share with very little or no confidence has nearly tripled. Higher ed’s confidence crisis has been years in the making.
Michael S Roth
@mroth78
Sep 1
Coordination for collaboration. No, it's Neutrality!
After Trump’s First Compact Landed With a Thud, Universities Coordinated Behind the Scenes
From chronicle.com
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Michael S Roth
@mroth78
Aug 31
“When I take you to see what is happening in the West Bank, you will have two choices,” he said to a group in June. “You can stay silent, and be complicit,” he told them, “or you can speak out, and tell everyone you know about what is happening.”
These Generals Fought for Israel. Now They See ‘Jewish Terrorism’ as the Threat.
From nytimes.com
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