Bryan McNulty, the communications director, says Bates has offered a three-year bachelor's degree since the nineteen sixties.

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He suggested offering a three-year bachelor's degree that would save money as well as time.

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Sixty-five thousand H-1Bs are awarded each year to graduates with a bachelor's degree.

VOA: special.2009.07.02