Word: bachelors
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...Sunday The New York Times Magazine published an exploration of “Love in the 21st Century.” The Times covered all the bases: the couple addicted to each other and their anti-depressants, the most swinging bachelor in the nursing home and, of course, the woman who loved her partner—even after the sex-change operation. They accounted for 9-year-olds celebrating their wedding vows, ex's who manage to still work together and elderly painfully nursing their beloved to death...
...There’s a time for everything. I wouldn’t have picked this time to do what he did, but at the same time, it’s respectable,” the acquaintance said. Probably not the last word on this eligible bachelor...
...accomplished extension school students participate in the same commencement exercises and wear a cap and gown just like all the other Harvard graduates. The diplomas they are handed, however, bear a slightly different name. Extension school students receive an AA (Associate in Arts) or an ALB (Bachelor of Liberal Arts), a degree that differs in some respects from the more traditional BA. When Ouchida talks about the extension school degrees, however, he emphasizes their similarities to the traditional undergraduate degrees...
...highly selective institutions, the vast majority of students graduate. But at public universities, which educate most U.S. students getting bachelor's degrees, nearly 60% fail to complete degrees within five years--and half of those leave during the first year. The dropout rate is even higher at many community colleges, where students are juggling jobs with their course work...
...mother with five boys. To make ends meet, she works for a collection agency from 8 a.m. until 1 p.m., when her classes begin. She often thinks about quitting college to earn more money. But her friendship with Pham has kept her focused on her goal: to get a bachelor's degree in business. "For the first time since I can remember," says Hunter, "there are people besides my family that I can talk...