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Erin Millar

On Campus

Men on campus: Minority? Yes. Disadvantaged? No.

What is going to happen to all these men, without post-secondary educations, in the oil and gas, mining, and construction industries when the boom slows down?

More students go to post-secondary, but one in seven drop out

Four out of five young people take some kind of post-secondary education by the time they reach their mid-twenties, according to new Statistics Canada data released Tuesday. But of those, almost one in seven students drop out. It also showed that urban students and those living with both parents more likely to pursue higher education.