Wesleyan President Michael Roth criticized Republican leaders such as Vice President JD Vance and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for using their elite education qualifications to Attack the same university that made them successful.
“The story of American higher education has been hijacked by people who benefit from it. They succeeded in life in part because they had already received the education. But they left and then they pulled the ladder, Ross told Washington Post In an interview published Tuesday.
Vance and DeSantis, a graduate of Yale Law School and Harvard Law School, opposed elite universities and Media Interview. Several controversies about her, such as her response to student protests, after former Harvard President Claudine Gay resigned from her position, Vance Say on X That elite got a prestigious job, “check the box, not because they made amazing or achieved something meaningful.”
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Wesleyan President Michael Roth criticized Republican leaders such as Vice President JD Vance and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for using their elite education qualifications to Attack the same university that made them successful. (Getty Image)
“Now, that’s what our elite universities are about to give signals to show fake merits rather than relying on real excellence,” Vance continued.
Ross argues that universities should boycott Republicans like presidents Donald Trump Vance from interferes with their mission of educating students.
“Leaders of higher education institutions should defend their values,” Ross said. “Don’t fight Donald Trump or JD Vance. We should defend our values because we’ve already Say we have believed in them for the past few decades.”
Ross also defended the role of the American university system in the country’s success, saying “[t]In this country, American higher education makes a variety of ways to innovate and discover cultures.
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When Trump marks a possible demolition of the Department of Education, Ross said he will continue to oppose Republicans who intend to interfere in higher education while complying with the law. (Suzanne Cordeiro/AFP via Getty Images)
When Trump said the possibility of a possible demolition by the Department of Education, Ross said he would continue to oppose Republicans who intend to interfere in higher education while complying with the law.
“I laughed because of course I was nervous,” Ross told the Post. “This is a government that is prioritizing loyalty and attackers rather than having to oppose them, but targeting their own ideals and missions. This is an authoritarian script. If I hide- Wesley is a primary school, maybe they will never notice us.”
“But that’s how to build tyranny in a country. … I’m a professor, teacher. I’m not looking for trouble,” Ross said. “But if I don’t say those values that guide my institutions and many others, I’m Will feel ashamed.”
A letter sent from the Department of Education’s Civil Rights Department earlier this month was sent to the Ministry of Education in all 50 states and informed them that they have not been complying with the removal of diversity, equity and inclusion policies or risks lost by more than 14 days. Federal funding.
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