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• Toxic coworkers linked to worse mental health for college students
• Iran arrests protesting teachers: activists
• 5 Easy Ways to Reduce Student Loan Costs
• South Africa's Curro relaunches $485 mln takeover bid for Advtech

Toxic coworkers linked to worse mental health for college students Posted: 23 Jul 2015 12:19 PM PDT By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) - Working college students were more likely to have mental health problems if they had toxic relationships with co-workers than if they were on friendly terms with colleagues in a small new U.S. study. "If you think about a typical 24-hour day for a college student, aside from sleeping, students are going to school and studying and also working part-time, four hours a day on average," lead study author Allison Vaughn, a psychology researcher at San Diego State University, said by email. "It makes sense that the people a college student works with would also have the potential to be health-relevant," she added.

Iran arrests protesting teachers: activists Posted: 23 Jul 2015 07:08 AM PDT More than 200 teachers were arrested on Wednesday during a protest outside the parliament in Tehran demanding the release of their colleagues from jail, an activist group in exile said. In Tehran, interior ministry spokesman Hossein Ali Amiri told Iranian media that the gathering had been dispersed and a number of people had been detained. The Paris-based National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) said authorities launched a crackdown after more than 2,000 teachers from across Iran gathered outside parliament carrying placards and chanting "Free those arrested".

5 Easy Ways to Reduce Student Loan Costs Posted: 23 Jul 2015 05:55 AM PDT America's higher education system is currently embroiled in a period of extreme flux, with budgetary concerns and an online education revolution fueling widespread change and uncertainty throughout the country. Perhaps the biggest issue facing students, institutions and government officials alike is what to do about the overbearing debt emanating from student loans. Total student debt now surpasses an astounding $1.2 trillion -- roughly equal to the GDP of Mexico -- and nearly 7 in 10 graduates from the class of 2013 left campus owing money.

South Africa's Curro relaunches $485 mln takeover bid for Advtech Posted: 23 Jul 2015 05:26 AM PDT South Africa's biggest private schools operator Curro Holdings Ltd on Thursday relaunched its $485 million bid for rival Advtech Ltd. Advtech's board rejected Curro's offer on Tuesday, saying it was not in the company's interests. Curro, however, has backing of Advtech's two biggest shareholders, who between them hold about 35 percent stake. The offer was resubmitted on similar terms to those in the bid spurned by Advtech's board, Curro said in a statement.

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