Wearing brightly colored, squishy clogs in Paris might be fashion suicide, but it's a gambit Cassandra Thill is willing to take to polish her French, forge global alliances and learn the ropes of international marketing. For the next year, the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ junior will study at L'Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris, better known as Sciences Po. Outside the realm of France's public universities, Sciences Po and other Grande Écoles or "great schools" are said to produce most of the country's business and political leaders.