Schools and Education

Published
April 19, 2014

Student consumer protection: For-profit colleges subject of scrutiny

Thirty-two states join forces to investigate accounts of predatory lending, misleading statistics and more.
Published
April 19, 2014

USM faculty still pondering its budget cuts

The Faculty Senate president says layoffs are a possibility as his group seeks $14 million in savings.
Published
April 16, 2014

College Board provides a glimpse of new SAT

Along with new questions, changes include getting rid of the penalty for wrong answers, limiting the use of a calculator and returning to a 1,600-point scale.
Published
April 15, 2014

Maine bill to halt virtual charter schools fails in House

The bill falls short of the two-thirds support that emergency measures, or bills that take effect immediately, need for final passage.
Published
April 15, 2014

Maine House OKs bill to expand preschool programs

The bill now faces a final Senate vote before being sent to Gov. Paul LePage.

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Published
April 14, 2014

Bowdoin College president says he’ll leave in 2015

Barry Mills will step down next year to pursue another ‘professional challenge.’
Published
April 12, 2014

Students, faculty say protests played key role in USM policy reversal

The president says she was not reacting to student protests, but others say they can’t be discounted.
Published
April 11, 2014

USM president reverses faculty layoffs

Theodora Kalikow says she is open to alternative plans for cutting the budget and will still eliminate about 35 staff positions.
Published
April 11, 2014

USM’s Faculty Senate comes up with alternate plan to cut costs

The proposal includes a moratorium on using consultants, consolidating departments and campuses, and making the president, deans and provost teach classes.
Published
April 10, 2014

Colby College president tapped to head National Endowment for the Humanities

Obama’s selection of William Adams still needs Senate confirmation.