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Direct linkHartley, Matthew; Harkavy, Ira; Benson, Lee – Metropolitan Universities, 2006
Benjamin Franklin founded the University of Pennsylvania as a secular institution with the pragmatic aim of instilling in its students the inclination and ability to serve humankind in both the civic and mercantile realms. On this, the three hundredth anniversary of his birth (1706-2006), Franklin's ideal of a democratic, engaged university has…
Descriptors: Community Relations, Citizen Participation, Higher Education, Democratic Values
