Schools and Education
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PublishedOctober 20, 2014
Carrabec High School students build skills along with greenhouse
They participate in Learning Works AIMS HIGH AmeriCorps community service projects.
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PublishedOctober 15, 2014
UMaine System trustees reject proposal to close one USM campus
Closing one of three sites was proposed as an alternative to losing 50 faculty jobs and two programs.
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PublishedOctober 15, 2014
USM president discusses proposed cuts
President David Flanagan says the steps are needed to reduce a $16 million budget gap.
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PublishedOctober 14, 2014
Charter school committee recommends second virtual school
The full commission will vote Wednesday on whether the application of Maine Virtual Academy should move on for review.
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PublishedOctober 14, 2014
Governor candidates on the issues: Education
As school budgets and student debt loads increase, how would the candidates for governor shape policy?
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PublishedOctober 12, 2014
Barry Rodrigue: The professor
Going back to college as a 40-year-old, Barry Rodrigue had a plan to get a double Ph.D. in order to land a dream job. To an extent, it worked. But it took a decade of school and $180,000 in student loans to get those degrees: a master’s in history from University of Maine, a Ph.D. […]
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PublishedOctober 12, 2014
Sheri Clark Nadell and Paul Nadell: The parents
With two sons in college and a third in high school, Sheri Clark Nadell of Brunswick is honoring a vow she made that her children wouldn’t graduate with student debt. She and her husband, Paul, are paying for their undergraduate education. So far, that vow has cost them about $60,000, and they still have their […]
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PublishedOctober 12, 2014
Olivia Conrad: The college student
It took just one not-so-great year at St. Lawrence University in New York for Yarmouth native Olivia Conrad, 19, to accrue about $25,000 in debt – a serious wake-up call about paying for college. “I kind of understood it … (but) I feel like I should know more about how my college is being paid […]
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PublishedOctober 12, 2014
GI Bill started the steady march to college for all
After World War II, the decades brought not only wider access to higher education but also new rationales for pursuing it.
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PublishedOctober 12, 2014
College costs: A student, a professor and parents tell their stories
Debt accrues quickly, making jobs a priority and putting pressure on parents.
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