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Women’s ranks rise at colleges

Women are still underrepresented in American boardrooms and they still earn less than men, but U.S. census figures released Thursday show they continue to outnumber men in college classrooms and on commencement day – a trend some call troubling.

About 33% of women ages 25 to 29 had a bachelor’s degree or more education in 2007, compared with 26% of their male counterparts.