"The Educational Legacy of Woodrow Wilson: New Approaches" will be the subject of a conference sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson School on October 16 and 17, beginning at 9:00 a.m. in Bowl 001, Robertson Hall, on the Princeton University campus.

The two-day conference will re-examine the evolution, context, and results of Wilson’s educational thinking and practice from several new scholarly angles, and illuminate the continued relevance of his reforms and even rhetoric in ours. The agenda includes presentations by eight scholars, commentary by Professor Stanley N. Katz, a lecturer with rank of Professor of Public and International Affairs and Director of the Center for Arts and Cultural Policy Studies at the Woodrow Wilson School and a panel discussion on “Wilson in Princeton Today.”

James Axtell, the Kenan Professor of Humanities Emeritus at the College of William & Mary and visiting professor of history at Princeton, and John Milton Cooper, Jr., the E. Gordon Fox Professor of American Institutions Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin, co-organizers of the event, will join Princeton University President Shirley Tilghman in delivering the welcoming address.

Other participants will include John R. Thelin, a University Research Professor at the College of Education at the University of Kentucky; Victoria Bissell Brown, the L. F. Parker Professor of History at Grinnell College; W. Bruce Leslie, a Professor of History at SUNY-Brockport, Adam Nelson, an Associate Professor of Educational Policy Studies and History at the University of Wisconsin-Madison; Trygve Throntveit, Lecturer on History at Harvard University; Mark R. Nemec, Managing Director of the Technology Industry Client Group at Forrester Research, in  Cambridge, MA; and Daniel J.  Linke, University Archivist and Curator of Public Policy Papers at Princeton.

This event is free and open to the public. For more information or to register, contact Mindy Weinberg at mindyw@princeton.edu or call (609) 258-6437.