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...million U.S. students now enrolled in degree programs are over 25, and the majority of these are women: 2,425,000 in 1981, up from 1 million in 1972. Many of these students are enrolled in state universities or community colleges, but even highly competitive Ivy League schools have bachelor's degree programs for older students. Yale has begun admitting adults on a part-time basis, and Brown has had a program for adults since 1972, originally intended for returning Viet Nam veterans. Both Wellesley and Mount Holyoke have vigorous programs for older women who want to complete...
...almost like a divorce in the family for Brown. A native of Richmond, he is a Bell brat. His mother had been a Bell operator before getting married, and his father spent 37 years with the company, eventually rising to district traffic manager in Richmond. While earning a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering at the University of Virginia, Brown worked two summers as an AT&T ditchdigger and cable layer, making $13 a week. After joining the Navy during World War II and serving as a radioman in the Pacific Fleet, he became an equipment maintenance...
...working-class Detroit, shouted epithets, an ugly brawl. But this particular fight was one-sided and fatal, and turned out to be a bleak commentary on the emotions running high in Motor City in June 1982. The victim, Draftsman Vincent Chin, 27, a Chinese American, was at his bachelor party; he was to be married in nine days...
Referring to the school's Bachelor of Arts program, Ross said, "You could go for four years to the Extension School, spend $4000 to $5000, and get into Harvard Medical School, or you could go to Harvard College, spend $60,000, and get into Harvard Medical School...
That stood as the record for 13 years. In today's coin, not even John Henry's $3,906,297 would compare. Kelso won 39 of 63 races. After retirement at nine, Kelso kept busy, occasionally accompanying Du Pont on hunts. For a bachelor, he had a full life...