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Identifies the philosopher, theologian, and sociologist [John Bascom] as the originator of the notion of the 'Wisconsin Idea, ' or the idea that public universities should benefit people beyond the borders of a campus. --Chronicle of Higher Education As we face contemporary privatization trends that undermine higher education as a public good, the book serves as a reminder of the powerful ideas that nurtured the land-grant college promises of democratic service and state engagement. Hoeveler has a magisterial command of intellectual movements that resist generalization and that demand readers wrestle with nuance and complexity. --History of Education Quarterly A satisfying biography for anyone interested in progressive politics, nineteenth-century intellectual thought, or university history. --Michigan Historical Review

Comprehensive and insightful. Hoeveler shows that John Bascom played a pivotal role in the foundation of the American public university as a radically new institution of higher learning, dedicated to producing better citizens and serving as a resource for government of the commonwealth. John D. Buenker, author of The Progressive Era, 1893 1914

A satisfying biography for anyone interested in progressive politics, nineteenth-century intellectual thought, or university history. <i>Michigan Historical Review</i>

""A satisfying biography for anyone interested in progressive politics, nineteenth-century intellectual thought, or university history."" --Michigan Historical Review ""As we face contemporary privatization trends that undermine higher education as a public good, the book serves as a reminder of the powerful ideas that nurtured the land-grant college promises of democratic service and state engagement. Hoeveler has a magisterial command of intellectual movements that resist generalization and that demand readers wrestle with nuance and complexity."" --History of Education Quarterly ""Identifies the philosopher, theologian, and sociologist [John Bascom] as the originator of the notion of the 'Wisconsin Idea, ' or the idea that public universities should benefit people beyond the borders of a campus."" --Chronicle of Higher Education

A satisfying biography for anyone interested in progressive politics, nineteenth-century intellectual thought, or university history. Michigan Historical Review

Comprehensive and insightful. Hoeveler shows that John Bascom played a pivotal role in the foundation of the American public university as a radically new institution of higher learning, dedicated to producing better citizens and serving as a resource for government of the commonwealth. John D. Buenker, author of The Progressive Era, 1893 1914 A satisfying biography for anyone interested in progressive politics, nineteenth-century intellectual thought, or university history. Michigan Historical Review Comprehensive and insightful. Hoeveler shows that John Bascom played a pivotal role in the foundation of the American public university as a radically new institution of higher learning, dedicated to producing better citizens and serving as a resource for government of the commonwealth. --John D. Buenker, author of The Progressive Era, 1893-1914 As we face contemporary privatization trends that undermine higher education as a public good, the book serves as a reminder of the powerful ideas that nurtured the land-grant college promises of democratic service and state engagement. Hoeveler has a magisterial command of intellectual movements that resist generalization and that demand readers wrestle with nuance and complexity. --History of Education Quarterly Identifies the philosopher, theologian, and sociologist [John Bascom] as the originator of the notion of the 'Wisconsin Idea, ' or the idea that public universities should benefit people beyond the borders of a campus. --Chronicle of Higher Education As we face contemporary privatization trends that undermine higher education as a public good, the book serves as a reminder of the powerful ideas that nurtured the land-grant college promises of democratic service and state engagement. Hoeveler has a magisterial command of intellectual movements that resist generalization and that demand readers wrestle with nuance and complexity. --History of Education Quarterly A satisfying biography for anyone interested in progressive politics, nineteenth-century intellectual thought, or university history. --Michigan Historical Review

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J. David Hoeveler is a Distinguished Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He is the author of seven books, including Creating the American Mind, The Evolutionists, and Watch on the Right.

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