Knowledge for Social Change: Bacon, Dewey, and the Revolutionary Transformation of Research Universities in the Twenty-First Century

Lee Benson¿(1922–2012) was Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Pennsylvania and co-author of¿Dewey’s Dream: Universities and Democracies in an Age of Education Reform¿(Temple).Ira Harkavy¿is Associate Vice President and Founding Director of the Barbara and Edward Netter¿Center for Community Partnerships at the University of Pennsylvania and co-author of¿Dewey’s Dream: Universities and Democracies in an Age of Education Reform¿(Temple).John Puckett¿is Professor of Education at the University of Pennsylvania and co-author of¿Dewey’s Dream: Universities and Democracies in an Age of Education Reform¿(Temple).Matthew Hartley¿serves as Associate Dean in the Graduate School of Education and Professor of Education at the University of Pennsylvania. He is also co-editor of¿To Serve a Larger Purpose: Engagement for Democracy and the Transformation of Higher Education¿(Temple).Rita A. Hodges¿is¿Assistant Director of the Barbara and Edward Netter Center for Community Partnerships at the University of Pennsylvania.Francis E. Johnston¿is Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania.Joann Weeks¿is¿Associate Director of the Barbara and Edward Netter Center for Community Partnerships at the¿University of Pennsylvania.