Studenta tell gubernatorial hopefuls that Maine’s 27 centers are cost-effective and convenient and they want more schools to have them.

The cable company provided the money as part of its science and technology education initiative.

The 60-member panel will vote Friday on the president’s proposal for administrative changes.

The state is committed to keeping higher education affordable, especially in this economy, officials say.

The proposal would reduce the university’s academic structure from eight to five schools or colleges and save as much as $750,000 per year on administration.

For a full-time student taking 30 credit hours over two semesters, annual tuition in the coming school year will remain at $2,520.

Superintendent Jim Morse says Carol Dayn, head of the school since 2006, is leaving ‘for her own reasons.’