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11/27/2019 11:01 PMMichael Roth will discuss his new book, Safe Enough Spaces: A Pragmatist’s Approach to Inclusion, Free Speech, and Political Correctness on College Campuses at a Books & Bagels event at Congregation Beth Shalom Rodfe Zedek, 55 East Kings Highway, Chester on Sunday, Dec. 8 at 10:30 a.m. The event is free and open to all.
Roth, president of Wesleyan University, takes a pragmatist’s path through the thicket of serious issues today’s colleges and universities face. He envisions college as a space in which all students are empowered to engage deeply with a variety of ideas, including those that are disturbing. In such a space—safe from debilitating harm but not from the discomfort of intense debate and substantial disagreement—students can develop a sense of who they are, what matters to them, and what they hope to make of their lives, he says.
He suggests it is difficult and altogether possible to create a space that is safe enough for diverse and unpopular perspectives and where no idea is protected from reasoned challenge. Considering cases from around the country and drawing on decades of firsthand experience as a college administrator and professor, Roth offers realistic and concrete solutions to provide a rigorous, bracing, and genuine education to all college students.
Light refreshments will be provided. Copies of the book will be available for sale and for autographing after Roth’s talk. More information is available at www.cbsrz.org or by calling 860-526-8920.