And,the University of California at Los Angeles offered him a college education if he played for the UCLA tennis team.

VOA: special.2010.02.07

In February,Senator Lamar Alexander warned higher education leaders that they risk rejection unless they lower the cost of attending college.

VOA: special.2009.07.23

Other education stories this past year included the deaths of college test preparation pioneer Stanley Kaplan and music educator Bess Lomax Hawes.

VOA: special.2009.12.31

In accepting the award from Claremont McKenna College in California, she said: "Every day, I see the impact of education, and that's the force that keeps me going on."

VOA: special.2009.06.15