What role did experts such as business leaders, labor leaders, and university professors play in the Wisconsin Idea reforms?

The Wisconsin Idea emphasized using expertise and research to help shape public policy. Business leaders, labor leaders, and university professors studied issues and provided information to politicians, who used it when drafting legislation. This matches “Experts conducted research to inform politicians about drafting bills”; they did not replace the legislature as lawmakers.

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