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At that time the University of Wisconsin was the premier public university in the United States. In the previous two decades Wisconsin had set national standards for sociological and economic research and provided academic expertise to progressive Wisconsin political reformers, such as Robert La Follette. By 1925, however, the close ties between the university and Wisconsin politics had made the university administration a minefield of special interests and factions. Frank's skills with politics and public speaking made him the ideal candidate for the post of president, which he assumed at the age of thirty-seven. Controversy nonetheless followed him to the office. To learn about the local politics and interest groups, Frank made the mistake of hiring a private detective firm to investigate the faculty, an act which immediately embittered many. As president Frank brought educational reformer Alexander Meiklejohn to the university to establish an experimental college dedicated to...
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