They earn credits toward an associate of arts degree in liberal arts from Patten University in Oakland,California.

VOA: special.2011.07.07

He is the associate director for science in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.

VOA: special.2011.06.02

Harris Perlman is an associate professor at the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University in Illinois.

VOA: special.2010.03.16

George Dimopoulos is an associate professor at the Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute in Baltimore,Maryland.

VOA: special.2009.12.22

Cleveland Evans is an associate professor of psychology at Bellevue University in Nebraska.

VOA: special.2009.07.06

The president said jobs requiring at least an associate degree are expected to grow twice as fast in the coming years as jobs requiring no college experience.

VOA: special.2009.07.16

Ryan Radia is Associate Director of Technology Studies at the Competitive Enterprise Institute in Washington D.C.

VOA: standard.2010.08.02

The biggest challenge the Obama Administration faces in keeping that promise is finding a way to involve all Islamist movements in the process, according to Reza Aslan, a University of California associate professor of religion.

VOA: standard.2010.05.11

Peter Pham, Associate Professor of Justice Studies, Political Science and Africana Studies at James Madison University, says conditions in Somalia threaten security and stability of the Horn of Africa: "Even without toppling the TFG, al-Shabaab has already achieved a major objective by securing a territorial base from which like-minded militants and terrorists can carry out attacks elsewhere, especially against targets in the Arabian Peninsula as well as participating in the current violence against Somalis,".

VOA: standard.2009.06.26