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• There’s Good News for Women When It Comes to Higher Education
• Ontario Teachers' pension plan assessing 'Brexit' risk daily
• Growing number of small colleges struggling to stay afloat
• Hungarian teachers hold walkout to protest education policy

There’s Good News for Women When It Comes to Higher Education Posted: 30 Mar 2016 01:49 PM PDT More Americans are getting college degrees but recent gains haven't been uniform across all parts of the population, according to a new Census study. The difference between men and women has been eliminated, but there are still gaps in educational attainment between racial and ethnic groups. Certain immigrant groups are more likely to pursue advanced degrees than their U.S.-born counterparts, but immigrants' college attainment overall falls behind native-born citizens.

Ontario Teachers' pension plan assessing 'Brexit' risk daily Posted: 30 Mar 2016 11:45 AM PDT By Matt Scuffham TORONTO (Reuters) - The Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, one of the biggest investors in British infrastructure, said it is assessing daily the risk that Britain will leave the European Union and is considering hedging the currency risk on its investments. Ontario Teachers', Canada's third-largest public pension plan, led a consortium of investors that purchased London City Airport for about 2 billion pounds ($2.9 billion) last month. It also owns Britain's High Speed One Channel Tunnel railway link and its National Lottery operator.

Growing number of small colleges struggling to stay afloat Posted: 30 Mar 2016 10:21 AM PDT OAKDALE, N.Y. (AP) — Despite a bucolic waterfront campus on Long Island property once owned by the Vanderbilts, things have not been pretty at Dowling College. The school, 60 miles east of New York City, has been hemorrhaging money, students and faculty.

Hungarian teachers hold walkout to protest education policy Posted: 30 Mar 2016 03:18 AM PDT BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hundreds of teachers across Hungary walked out of class for one hour on Wednesday, demanding changes to official policies, including cutting bureaucratic tasks, greater choice in textbooks, more funds for education and reducing students' mandatory school time.

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