Students who live away from their families are generally housed in dormitories at least for their first year.

VOA: special.2009.08.07

Many schools require all first-year students to take an alcohol prevention and education program, often given online.

VOA: special.2009.04.02

Tina Tan says the federal government requires international students to show on their applications how they will pay for their first year of school.

VOA: special.2009.01.22

But alcohol is banned in first-year dorms -- where most students are under twenty-one anyway.

VOA: special.2009.04.02

They can also help first-year students decide what to study.

VOA: special.2009.06.25

They were first-year students at North Carolina A&T University.

VOA: special.2010.01.29

That is because seven team members are first-year students.

VOA: special.2009.03.20

But when her stepdaughter became pregnant during her first year in college, the overwhelming impact of teen pregnancy on students really hit home for Mosee.

VOA: standard.2009.12.04