And in some cases that might lead to more job interviews than a degree from a lesser known college.

VOA: special.2009.12.03

When he returned to West Virginia, he earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism from Marshall College in nineteen forty-nine.

VOA: special.2010.10.17

I often think you don't need to have a degree, you don't even need to have been to a concert hall."

VOA: special.2010.07.12

And lawmakers in Rhode Island are considering a bill that would require state schools to offer the choice of a three-year degree.

VOA: special.2009.07.23

"I was graduating my college, my undergraduate degree and so we were both looking for something to do."

VOA: special.2011.01.21

She became the first African-American woman to earn a degree in physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

VOA: special.2009.05.13

But her boyfriend at the time did not want her to get an advanced degree in psychology.

VOA: special.2009.10.18

Next,he will attend the University of Georgia to continue writing and graduate with a degree in English.

VOA: special.2010.04.05

She went on to Tennessee State University where she earned a degree in speech and performing arts.

VOA: special.2010.04.16

The restaurant slowly turns to provide visitors with a three hundred sixty degree view of Seattle.

VOA: special.2009.03.04

I'm asking you to take what you've learned here and embrace the full responsibilities that a degree from an institution like GW gives you.

VOA: special.2010.05.28

From there he received an invitation to study at Purdue, where he earned a doctoral degree.

VOA: special.2009.06.16

A BTU is the amount of heat energy needed to raise the temperature of about one-half kilogram of a substance by one degree Fahrenheit.

VOA: special.2010.11.23

But in measuring distance, one degree shrinks from about one hundred nine kilometers at the equator to nothing at the north and south poles.

VOA: special.2010.07.14