LESSONS FROM HULL-HOUSE FOR THE CONTEMPORARY URBAN UNIVERSITY

The article presents a rationale for reinventing the American universi ty to become once again a mission-oriented institution. With particula r attention to social work and the social sciences, we trace the origi ns of that rationale to Jane Addams and her colleagues in Chicago. His torical analysis not only indicates that progressive change can occur, but it also is useful in revealing and clarifying deeply embedded imp ediments to change. We also describe a general strategy of organizatio nal structures, activities, and mechanisms being developed at the Univ ersity of Pennsylvania to help enable the ''neo-Progressive. reconstru ction of the university through academically based community service.