Abstract
The article presents a rationale for restoring the mission-oriented nature of American universities. With particular attention to social work and the social sciences, the article traces the origins of that rationale to Jane Addams, the women of Hull House, and other Progressive Era social scientists qua social reformers. It also describes a general strategy of organizational structures, activities, and mechanisms developed at the University of Pennsylvania to help enable the "neo-Progressive" reconstruction of the university through academically based community service. It is the contention of the authors that American social science should be about the "relief of man's estate." It suggests that if the American university is to fulfill its promise and help create a decent and just society, it must give full-hearted, full-minded attention to solving the complex interrelated problems. The benefits of doing so would, one is convinced, be considerable for the university, social science, and the American city.
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