Camille Palmer developed her technical skills from the first day of basic sewing class at Stephens. A six-week summer internship at Jerell, a Dallas-based manufacturer of apparel, opened her eyes to the possibility of making technical design her chosen profession..

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“When I learned science, it was through doing sets of experiments, like following recipes out of a cookbook,” recalls Dr. Cindy Norton, Endowed Professor in the Sciences at the St. Catherine University in Minnesota. “Over the past 15 years, things have changed, though,” she adds. “Science is now more inquiry based and more relevant to students.”

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Rip it up and throw it away. That's the advice I'm giving my fellow college and university presidents ... as the "reputation survey" from U.S. News & World Report lands on our desks.

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