Wesleyan president discusses tax-exempt push on NPR

Treasury, IRS target private schools aiding students by race

NPR’s Steve Inskeep interviewed Wesleyan University President Michael Roth in a segment published Sept. 4, 2026, about the U.S. Treasury and IRS’s push to revoke tax-exempt status from private schools that help students based on race. The public broadcaster carried the segment in its education coverage.

NPR’s headline for the segment read, “Wesleyan University president on administration’s efforts to revoke tax-exempt status,” and the broadcaster’s published summary described the subject, according to NPR, as “efforts to revoke tax-exempt status from private schools that help students based on race.”

The segment places the federal push before a sitting university president on a national public broadcaster. NPR identified the U.S. Treasury and IRS as the agencies behind the effort.