"Greater proportions of young women than young men are earning bachelor's degrees, according to new data released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau. But among adults over 25, men are still more likely than women to have received such degrees," The Chronicle of Higher Education reports. "Nearly one-third, or 33.1 percent, of women ages 25 to 29 reported in 2007 that they had earned a bachelor's degree or higher. That compares with 26.3 percent of men in the same age range. The data strongly suggest that college enrollment among young women over the past decade has significantly outpaced that among young men. In 1997, just 29.3 percent of women ages 25 to 29 said they had earned a bachelor's degree or higher, compared to 26.3 percent of men in that age range. While college enrollment among women is surging, women have yet to close the gap from earlier generations. Among all men 25 years or older, 29.5 percent have a bachelor's degree or higher, compared to 28 percent of women."