• “American Universities and Their Local Communities Through History”
• Tuesday, April 5, at 4:30 p.m.
• Tilton Hall — Higgins University Center, second floor
• Free and open to the public 

The majority of American colleges and universities founded before the 20th century were created as part of the founding and development of local communities. If we ignore the relationship between higher education institutions and their communities, we miss crucial parts of the history of both.

The arc of this story changes dramatically after World War II when many changes combined to create an inevitable conflict between higher education institutions and their communities. This lecture traces the arc from synergy to synergistic conflict.

Virginia Sapiro ‘72 is Professor Emerita of Political Science at the University of Wisconsin – Madison and Dean Emerita of Arts and Sciences at Boston University. She is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a former member of the Clark University Board of Trustees.

Sponsored by the Political Science Department through the Francis A. Harrington Public Affairs Fund