The campuses, organized under one board, differentially emphasize instruction, research, and service.

Liberal arts colleges are four-year institutions that emphasize interactive instruction, although research is still a component of these institutions.

These colleges traditionally emphasize interactive instruction (although research is still a component of these institutions).

The Essex schools emphasize individualized instruction, and the pupil-teacher ratio is about 15 to 1.

These schools have traditionally emphasized instruction at the undergraduate level, although advanced research may still occur at these institutions.

The School of Engineering's graduate programs emphasize innovative, rigorous multidisciplinary study and in-depth instruction.

These first students studied in an educational system that emphasized Greek, Latin, and religious instruction.

The full-time, four-year undergraduate program emphasizes instruction in the arts and sciences and has high graduate coexistence.

Susan Gans, the center's new executive director, said the center would continue its focus as an "educational institution," emphasizing instruction in the visual and performing arts.

But rather than the boot camp-style programs advocated by several state legislators, he said the camps should emphasize cultural instruction and community service.