Safe enough spaces : a pragmatist's approach to inclusion, free speech, and political correctness on college campuses /
Pragmatist's approach to inclusion, free speech, and political correctness on college campuses
Michael S. Roth.
- xii, 142 pages ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (pages [127]-136) and index.
From access to inclusion -- The use and abuse of political correctness -- Free speech and intellectual diversity.
From the president of Wesleyan University, a compassionate and provocative manifesto on the crises confronting higher education In this bracing book, Michael S. Roth stakes out a pragmatist path through the thicket of issues facing colleges today to carry out the mission of higher education. With great empathy, candor, subtlety, and insight, Roth offers a sane approach to the noisy debates surrounding affirmative action, political correctness, and free speech, urging us to envision college as a space in which students are empowered to engage with criticism and with a variety of ideas. Countering the increasing cynical dismissal--from both liberals and conservatives--of the traditional core values of higher education, this book champions the merits of different diversities, including intellectual diversity, with a timely call for universities to embrace boldness, rigor, and practical idealism.