This is great stuff from President Roth. But Wesleyan is a not an R1 research university. We need every single R1 president doing this, too, loudly & collectively, on all the media formats, right now. Indeed, this is the single best week to do this. Everyone is tuning in: bsky.app/profile/mcop...

“The ecosystem of research and the creation of new knowledge in universities has been so powerful for American prosperity, American freedom, American ingenuity. To have that disrupted by government overreach is a disaster for this country.” —Wesleyan University President Michael Roth on @msnbc.com