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1.AlthoughThomasJeffersondidnotbegintheeffortofdesigningtheUniversityofVirginiauntillateinhislife,

theeducationofthecommonmanhadoccupiedhisthoughtsfordecades.Hebelievedignorance(无知)tobethe

enemyoffreedom,andhewantedtocorrectwhatheconsideredtobetheweaknessesofeducationalinstitutions

(机构)modeledonEuropeansettings.Heimaginedthatan“academicalvillage”aroundatree-linedlawnwould

provideanidealsettinginwhichtopursuehighereducation.ThecenterofsuchavillagewouldbeaTempleof

Knowledgethatwouldhousetheuniversitylibrary.

WhenVirginiadecidedtosetupastateuniversityin1818,theretiredU.S.Presidentfinallywasabletodevotehis

talent,time,andenergytocreatingthisnewkindofeducationalinstitution.Bythetimehewasfinishedwithhis

design,JeffersonhadinventedanentirelynewAmericansettingforhighereducation:thecollegecampus.

In1812,Jeffersonchosetobeginbuildinghis“academicalvillage,”theUniversityofVirginia,inCharlottesville,

VA,farawayfromthecitycenter.Heintendedthisspottopromotelearningbecauseitwasnaturalandunspoiled,

andfarfromanythingthatcoulddistractorharmthestudents.TheUniversityconsistsoftworowsofhouses,five

oneachside,leadingtoamainbuilding.Thismainbuilding,theRotunda,becamethemostimportantpartofthe

University,becauseitcontainedthelibrary.Byfocusinghisentireinstitutiononthelibrary,insteadofaroundthe

church,JeffersonrevolutionizedAmericanu