Wisconsin's Progressive movement began as a small faction within the Republican Party that grew in strength by drawing support from a variety of constituencies.

The "Wisconsin Idea," as this relationship was called, held that an effective and accountable government worked best with the help of academic experts. It was ...

The Wisconsin Idea began as the principle that knowledge and education should be used to ensure that the people of the State could retain and exercise power. Не найдено: progressive era

Following the Progressive era, the intellectual and creative energy nur- tured by the Idea continued to inspire both researcher and administrator. They ...

Progressive movement was the “Wisconsin idea.” Operating under the theme “The boundaries of the university campus are the boundaries of the state,” it was an ...

Many of the progressive legislative successes were made first at the state level and were later adopted by the national government. The leading state for ...

The Wisconsin Idea greatly expanded government's role in the economy, but it also relocated political authority within the state, moving power from the courts ...

12 авг. 2016 г. · In the Progressive Era of American history, the state of Wisconsin gained national attention for its innovative economic and political reforms.

Indeed, the idea of progressive political reform as an academic mission came for a time to be known as the Wisconsin Idea.