Eagleton Institute of Politics
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The Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University
was established in 1956 with an endowment from Florence Peshine Eagleton
(1870-1953), and it focuses on state and national politics through education, and public service.
. She willed more than $1,000,000 to establish the Wells Phillips Eagleton and Florence Peshine Eagleton Foundation, which became the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University.
Eagleton directed that her support be applied:
Wood Lawn Mansion, a listing on the National Register of Historic Places, houses the Eagleton Institute of Politics.
Rutgers University
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey , is the largest institution for higher education in New Jersey, United States. It was originally chartered as Queen's College in 1766. It is the eighth-oldest college in the United States and one of the nine Colonial colleges founded before the American...
was established in 1956 with an endowment from Florence Peshine Eagleton
Florence Peshine Eagleton
Florence Peshine Eagleton was a leader in the woman suffrage movement and advocated women's higher education. She was one of the first women to serve as a Trustee of Rutgers University...
(1870-1953), and it focuses on state and national politics through education, and public service.
Background
Florence Peshine Eagleton was a suffragist and a founder of the New Jersey League of Women Voters who advocated women's higher education. She was one of the first women to serve as a Trustee of Rutgers UniversityRutgers University
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey , is the largest institution for higher education in New Jersey, United States. It was originally chartered as Queen's College in 1766. It is the eighth-oldest college in the United States and one of the nine Colonial colleges founded before the American...
. She willed more than $1,000,000 to establish the Wells Phillips Eagleton and Florence Peshine Eagleton Foundation, which became the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University.
Eagleton directed that her support be applied:
... for the advancement of learning in the field of practical political affairs and government [so] that a knowledge of the meaning of democracy may be increased through the education of young women and men in democratic government. ... It is my settled conviction that the cultivation of civic responsibility and leadership among the American people in the field of practical political affairs is of vital and increasing importance to our state and nation ... I make this gift especially for the development of and education for responsible leadership in civic and governmental affairs and the solution of their political problems.
Wood Lawn Mansion, a listing on the National Register of Historic Places, houses the Eagleton Institute of Politics.
Eagleton Centers
Eagleton features two centers dedicated to the study of politics: the Center for American Women and Politics and the Eagleton Center for Public Interest Polling.The Center for American Women and Politics
The Center for American Women and Politics, or CAWP, aims to promote greater knowledge and understanding about women's participation in politics and government and to enhance women's influence and leadership in public life.The Eagleton Center for Public Interest Polling
Established in 1971, the Eagleton Center for Public Interest Polling performs university-based public interest polling.Eagleton Programs
The Eagleton Institute of Politics features the following programs: Clifford P. Case Professorship of Public Affairs, Electronic Government Project, Arthur J. Holland Program on Ethics in Government, New Jersey Project, New Jersey Voter Information, Program on Immigration and Democracy, Initiative on Climate and Social Policy (CSP), The Center on the American Governor,RU Ready, RU Voting, State House Express, State Politics and Government, and the Youth Political Participation Program.Eagleton Staff
- Ruth B. Mandel- Director of the Eagleton Institute of Politics, Board of Governors Professor of Politics, and Senior Scholar at CAWP
- John Weingart- Associate Director of the Eagleton Institute of Politics and author of Waste is a Terrible Thing to Mind
- Martin BunzlMartin BunzlMartin Bunzl is the director of the at the Eagleton Institute of Politics. He edited, with Anthony Appiah, Buying Freedom: The Ethics and Economics of Slave Redemption. His other books include Real History , and The Context of Explanation .Martin Bunzl received his PhD from the University of...
- Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Rutgers Initiative on Climate and Social Policy - Michael Soga- Coordinator, Building Services
- Gerald Pomper- Board of Governors Professor of Political Science (Emeritus)
- Alan Rosenthal- Professor of Public Policy
- Donald Linky- Senior Policy Fellow for the Rutgers Program on the Governor