1.   Andrew Ross, director of the graduate program in American Studies at New York University, traces some of the taste for dumbness to a knowledge-based society.

2.   As a result, she said, she is recommending her for a scholarship for a new graduate program at Hunter College that trains school administrators.

3.   Applications to graduate programs soared.

4.   At Hebrew College in Brookline, where he is a part-time professor, Sokol helped create a graduate program to train Jewish special education teachers.

5.   Born in New York City, Dr. Lidsky graduated from Cornell University and attended the graduate program in nuclear engineering at MIT, where he earned his doctorate.

6.   A brief career as an actor led him to enroll in the graduate program of the Yale Drama School.

7.   After completing her degree at Houston, she applied to only one graduate program, the prestigious Eastman School, and was admitted.

8.   After graduating from the Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles, Tansey joined the Hunter College studio-art graduate program in Manhattan.

9.   After I got my degree, I enrolled in the graduate program.

10.   After the Cultural Revolution, I joined a new graduate program in mural painting.