Impressed by the quality and scope of the work done by the students and Cancell, the department invited the group back for another larger meeting. Cancell said he wasn't surprised that the group of undergraduates made such an impression on the professional educators. Leavitt, a geography and environmental studies major from Honolulu, thinks students should do more real-world projects like this one. Students do a lot of work and research, but most of it doesn't go out of the classroom. People hire professional consultants for research all the time, while students here are paying tuition to do good research which is often only seen by a couple of others.
Theory is great.
Now take what you've learned and go do something that makes a difference.