In 1969 Harold “Bud” Hodgkinson, a faculty member at the University of California, Berkeley, publishes “Walden U.: A Working Paper” in the journal Soundings. The article critiqued the higher education system and initiated the concept of a university that was truly student-centered. This white paper became the foundation for Walden University.

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     Hodgkinson, H., & California Univ., B. (1968). Walden U.--A Working Paper.
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