Chad Alan Goldberg on the Wisconsin Idea and the Role of the Public University in a Democracy

They had an obligation to take the knowledge that they were developing, to take their expertise and put it in the service of the community as a whole and the service of its elected leaders. Chad Alan Goldberg A Fulll Transcript is Available at www.democracyparadox.com. At the turn of the twentieth century, Wisconsin was at the forefront of the Progressive Movement. Wisconsin adopted the first modern state income tax. It initiated the first workers’ compensation plan. It enacted the first un...

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