路易斯·睿伯与美国大学推广新范式的形成:1906—1920年

Louis E. Reber and the Formation of American Paradigm for University Extension

以20世纪初美国大学推广新范式形成的历史过程为研究对象,以威斯康星大学推广部主任睿伯在这一过程中的作用为研究视角,基于威斯康星大学董事会报告、麦卡锡等人的通信等一手史料发现,在威斯康星免费图书馆委员会的推动下,校长范海斯按下了大学推广部重组的按钮,并说服睿伯出任推广部主任。在睿伯的领导下,威斯康星大学推广部探索出一套相对成熟的新型推广服务以及稳定高效的推广组织机构。不仅如此,睿伯的大学推广部还成为美国其他大学推广部主任的摇篮,由此形成了美国大学推广领域的威斯康星学派。在威斯康星学派的支持下,到1920年,以威斯康星大学推广模式为蓝本的美国大学推广新范式已经形成。自此,美国大学推广运动步入了一个全新的时代。

This study investigated the historical process of the formation of a new paradigm in American university extension in the early 20 th century from the perspective of the role of Louis E. Reber, director of the University of Wisconsin Extension Division, in this process. On the basis of the first-hand historical materials such as the biennial report of the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents and Charles McCarthy’s correspondence, the author found that Driven by the Wisconsin Free Library Commission, the President Charles R. Van Hise started the University Extension Division’s restructuring, and then persuaded Louis E. Reber, to be the Director of the Extension Division. Under the leadership of Reber, the University of Wisconsin Extension Division has explored a relatively mature new extension services and a stable and efficient extension organizational structure. Not only that, the Extension Division of the University of Wisconsin also became the cradle of the directors of other universities’ Extension Divisions in the USA, and the Wisconsin School in the field of American university extension has been formed. Under the support of the Wisconsin School, a new paradigm for the American universities extension based on the University of Wisconsin has been formed by 1920. Since then, the American university extension movement has entered a new era.