Bill HolderPresident Michael S. Roth and Professor Kari Weil have made a $100,000 gift to Wesleyan in support of endowment for financial aid. In announcing the gift, Joshua Boger ’73, chair of Wesleyan's board of trustees, said: “I can’t thank Michael and Kari enough for their generosity. Their gift represents the kind of ‘stretch gift’ that we are frequently soliciting from other alumni and their families, and I hope that all members of the Wesleyan community will follow their lead in making Wesleyan a philanthropic priority. Their support of financial aid underscores Michael's and Kari’s superb leadership and dedication to Wesleyan’s…
David PesciPresident Roth discusses short- and long-term economic impact of private universities and colleges
Blocking President Obama's "balanced approach" contributes to continued income disparity in the U.S.
President Roth joins Peter Thiel, Azar Nafisi and Richard Vedder discuss whether college is still "worth it"
National focus on science and math should not occur at the exclusion of the other liberal arts
The lavish book explores the great artist's sketches, poems, doodles, and other paper "works"
A candid memoir of phobias, autism and separated twins hits all the right notes
Andrew Robinson's book "Sudden Genius?" looks at breakthroughs in the arts and sciences
The election edifies that the bond of trust Obama shared with America has eroded, but it can be regained
President Roth reviews an account of the seemingly-improbable Berlin airlift at the dawn of the Cold War
President Roth examines Menand's look at the state of universities and colleges today
Wesleyan President Michael S. Roth reviewed Daniel Goldhagen's Worse Than War: Genocide, Eliminationism, and the the Ongoing Assault on Humanity recently for The San Francisco Chronicle. In the book, Goldhagen attempts to show that "that genocide is an extension of the politics of 'eliminationism,' which is decisively shaped by political leaders and fueled by profound and widely shared hatred. However, Roth found Goldhagen simple-minded in many of his conclusions and proposed solutions.