The Educational Legacy of Woodrow Wilson: From College to Nation

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The Educational Legacy of Woodrow Wilson The Educational Legacy of Woodrow Wilson From College to Nation Edited by James Axtell University of Virginia Press Charlottesville and London University of Virginia Press ∫ 2012 by the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper First published 2012 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data The educational legacy of Woodrow Wilson : from college to nation / edited by James Axtell. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn 978-0-8139-3194-4 (cloth : alk. paper) — isbn 978-0-8139-3211-8 (e-book) 1. Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924—Political and social views. 2. Princeton University— Presidents—Biography. 3. Presidents—United States—Biography. I. Axtell, James. e767.1.e35 2012 973.91%3092—dc23 2011021732 Frontispiece: Woodrow Wilson walking to his last Princeton commencement as president of the university in 1910. The following year he assumed the governorship of New Jersey and in 1913 the presidency of the United States. (Princeton University Library) We must reëxamine the college, reconceive it, reorganize it. It is the root of our intellectual life as a nation. —woodrow wilson ...