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Lessons from Hull House for the Contemporary Urban University

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Social Service Review, 68 (3): 299-321 (September 1994)M3: Article; Accession Number: 9409132263; Harkavy, Ira 1 Puckett, John L. 1; Affiliation: 1: University of Pennsylvania.; Source Info: Sep94, Vol. 68 Issue 3, p299; Subject Term: UNIVERSITIES & colleges; Subject Term: SOCIAL sciences; Subject Term: INDUSTRIAL organization; Subject Term: SOCIAL service; Subject Term: SOCIAL scientists; Subject Term: UNITED States; Subject Term: UNITED States; NAICS/Industry Codes: 541720 Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities; NAICS/Industry Codes: 624190 Other Individual and Family Services; NAICS/Industry Codes: 611310 Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; People: ADDAMS, Jane; Number of Pages: 23p; Document Type: Article.

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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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