Episode one of the documentary series An Uncommon Education: Celebrating 200 Years of the University of Michigan produced by Detroit Public TV. Topics discussed include Establishment of UM; UM tradition of public higher education; serving society through education and research; Ivy schools versus UM; admittance of women and those of various racial and ethnic backgrounds; uncommon education for the common man; James B. Angell; Henry Carter Adams; John Dewey; Augustus Woodward; Gabriel Richard; John Monteith. Interviewees include: Howard Markel; James S. Jackson; John U. Bacon; Mark S. Schlissel; Kim Clarke; Francis X. Blouin; Jim Burnstein; Mary Sue Coleman; Brian Williams; Angela Dillard; Katherine Freese; Louito Edje; James Tobin; Peggie J. Hollingsworth.