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When NASA astronauts first walked on the moon in 1969, eight-year-old Pamela Melroy was watching. Very few people who saw the Eagle land have forgotten the sight, but for Pam, the experience was more than awe-inspiring-it changed the course of her life. |
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| Making the Sciences Accessible | |
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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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| Colleges Should Boycott Bogus College Ratings Game | |
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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