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'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

I wouldn't have aspired to that. I mean,I had no degree. I wasn't qualified,I thought.

VOA: special.2009.11.18

or NBA. After 10 years in professional sports, he returned to Princeton to finish his degree, a move,he says, that later influenced a career decision.

VOA: standard.2010.06.24

(Speaking) Mr.Tusk says the treaty gives an added degree of security to the nations that have suffered the most, and Poland is one of those.

VOA: standard.2009.10.10

He went on to study physics at the University of Madrid and with that degree in hand headed to a theological center in Salamanca,where,in 1960, he was ordained a Dominican priest.

VOA: standard.2010.04.05

Incoming Hostos President Matos Rodriguez, whose parents were born in Puerto Rico, said that for every one of the students, the completion of their two years of study leading to their associate degree is a proud achievement.

VOA: standard.2010.06.05

And to the degree we can help, we will do that,". U.S.officials who attended the meetings say Secretary Gates urged Prime Minister Maliki and regional President Barzani to ensure the new parliament forms a government in a "timely and inclusive" manner after the March 7 election.

VOA: standard.2009.12.12