{"product_id":"safe-enough-spaces-by-michael-s-roth-9780300261554","title":"Safe Enough Spaces","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSafe Enough Spaces\u003c\/em\u003e by Michael S. Roth is a compassionate and provocative manifesto from the president of Wesleyan University, addressing the crises confronting higher education.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this bracing book, Roth stakes out a pragmatist path through the thicket of issues facing colleges today to carry out the mission of higher education. With great empathy, candour, subtlety, and insight, Roth offers a sane approach to the noisy debates surrounding affirmative action, political correctness, and free speech. He urges us to envision college as a space in which students are empowered to engage with criticism and a variety of ideas.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCountering the increasing cynical dismissal—from both liberals and conservatives—of the traditional core values of higher education, \u003cem\u003eSafe Enough Spaces\u003c\/em\u003e champions the merits of different diversities, including intellectual diversity. It includes a timely call for universities to embrace boldness, rigour, and practical idealism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47598102544620,"sku":"9780300261554","price":30.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780300261554-safe-enough-spaces.jpg?v=1777961712","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/safe-enough-spaces-by-michael-s-roth-9780300261554","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}