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The President of Wesleyan on Trump’s assault on Academic Freedom

JL;DR SUMMARY Peter Beinart hosts a Zoom call with Michael Roth, President of Wesleyan University, to discuss the Trump administration's alleged impact on academic freedom. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Trump AdministrationAcademic FreedomPeter BeinartHigher EducationWesleyan UniversityMichael RothCampus NeutralityNew York Times Op Eds

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Middletown, Connecticut, United States
"Michael Roth, President of Wesleyan University and author of several recent New York Times op-eds."

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