But in some places, students are getting stuck in English-as-a-second-language programs all the way until graduation.

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Wright said the seniors were busted in rank to cadet private, restricted to post, had privileges taken away and were either marching or going through respect training right up until graduation.

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In the Financial Times 2006 MBA rankings, graduates of the top-placed Wharton school reported salary increases of 139 per cent in the period from starting their course until three years after graduation.

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So set up a system that gives the marquee players a chance to cash in on a certain percentage of the merchandising and licensing royalties they earn for their schools, and put those monies aside for such players so they can access in full either upon graduation or until they have used up their eligibility.

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The average career lasts at least 40 years, he says, starting a few years after graduation and lasting until 65 or 70.

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The Ohio native does speak Russian, having focused most of his military service (from West Point graduation in 1973 until 1993) on the Soviet Union.

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