The Census Bureau says fifty-four percent of full time students at two- and four-year colleges last year were female.

VOA: special.2009.11.19

The Department of Education reported last year that about two-thirds of graduates from four-year colleges had student loan debt.

VOA: special.2010.04.15

This year also marks the four hundredth anniversary of the first recorded astronomical observations with a telescope by Galileo.

VOA: special.2009.10.27

But experts say the recession has not cut enrollment in four-year programs, even with their higher sometimes much higher -- costs.

VOA: special.2009.11.19

The numbers will also decide how more than four hundred billion dollars a year in federal assistance is divided.

VOA: special.2010.03.20

A city report says economic activity last year totaled almost three billion dollars, a four percent decrease from two thousand seven.

VOA: special.2009.03.30

The International Monetary Fund has raised its prediction for world economic growth to four and six-tenths percent this year.

VOA: special.2010.07.09

Last year was the first year since two thousand four that Hawaii has had fewer than seven million visitors.

VOA: special.2009.03.02

But this is not a way to immediately transfer to four-year colleges and universities in other countries, including the United States.

VOA: special.2009.06.18

About twenty-seven percent said they plan to go to graduate school, compared to about twenty-four percent a year ago.

VOA: special.2009.06.25

A study in the United States found that eighty-four percent of undergraduates last year had at least one credit card.

VOA: special.2009.05.28

Now,Shirley Griffith and Steve Ember tell us all about Cape May as the city celebrates its four hundredth anniversary this year.

VOA: special.2009.06.01

"American exports grew almost seventeen percent over the first four months of this year, compared to the same period last year.

VOA: special.2010.07.09

Safety experts estimate that the restraining devices save more than four thousand lives a year in the United States alone.

VOA: special.2010.02.09

The new guidelines also say women between fifty and seventy-four should not get mammograms every year as currently advised.

VOA: special.2009.11.18