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PublishedOctober 21, 2024
Maine’s community colleges see record fall enrollment
The Maine Community College System had 21,385 students enroll across its seven schools this year, the system said Monday. Last year, the figure was 19,477.
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PublishedOctober 9, 2024
Elite colleges accused of price-fixing to make divorced parents pay more
The alleged scheme has increased the cost of college for students with divorced or separated parents.
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PublishedAugust 11, 2024
Colleges are cutting majors and slashing programs after years of putting it off
Among universities' budget challenges: Federal COVID relief money is now gone, operational costs are rising and fewer high school graduates are going straight to college.
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PublishedJuly 30, 2024
My Alfond Grant program, parents and partners have invested half a billion dollars in Maine students
With the oldest Alfond Grant recipients now almost through high school, the value of the $500 invested for them at birth is now worth $2,066, more if their parents banked NextGen 529 education savings.
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PublishedJuly 3, 2024
Private colleges hurt by rising expenses despite tuition gains
Private U.S. colleges raised their prices, but still saw margins fall to the lowest level in over a decade.
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PublishedApril 23, 2023
Faculty departures at UMaine Machias have professors on edge
Some worry that faculty lost because of a retirement incentive program will be replaced by lecturers and not fully credentialed professors.
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PublishedJuly 25, 2022
Maine colleges scale back COVID-19 protocols even with more cases than previous two summers
The University of Maine System is no longer requiring boosters, but masks must still be worn in class.
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PublishedApril 27, 2021
Central Maine schools encourage families to fill out FAFSA applications by Saturday’s Maine State Grant deadline
A majority of schools in the state are seeing fewer seniors than last year fill out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid.
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PublishedAugust 16, 2020
Sale of Unity College campus not imminent, but could have appeal
Buyers or developers, including some from other states, might have interest in site for a variety of uses, according to experts.
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PublishedApril 19, 2020
Class of 2020 tries to navigate a job market in chaos
Victims of bad timing, graduating college students are struggling to launch their careers in the midst of a global pandemic.
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