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Summary: Kevin Manning, Stevenson University’s president, on how his institution went from Villa Julie College, originally a medical-secretarial school for women, into a full-fledged liberal arts college, one of the largest private universities in Maryland, with nearly 4,000 students. Also: the enduring value of a liberal arts education in a time of economic transformation and uncertainty.