Word: bachelor
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...student can obtain a bachelor's degree from 75% of all American colleges and universities without having studied European history; from 72% without having studied American literature or history; and from 86% without having studied the civilizations of classical Greece and Rome...
...Fewer than half of all colleges and universities now require foreign language study for the bachelor's degree, down from nearly...
...line he was thrown into the brig. But in the 1970s the Navy adopted the language of landlubbers. The galley became a kitchen; the mess deck was termed the enlisted dining facility; the brig was transformed into a correctional facility. Even the snappy BOQ, Bachelor Officers' Quarters, gave way to unaccompanied officer personnel housing...
...report also decrled the increasing pre-professionalism in the nation's colleges and universities. According to the panel, the percentage of bachelor's degrees granted in the arts and sciences, as opposed to those from professional, preprofessional and vocational programs, fell from 49 percent in 1971 to 36 percent...
...bachelor's degree recipients should have at least two full years of liberal education. In most professional fields, this will require extending undergraduate programs beyond the usual four years...