https://www.pressherald.com/news/schools/page/442

Schools and Education

Published
October 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 […]
Published
October 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 […]
Published
October 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.
Published
October 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.
Published
October 12, 2014

Cost of higher education draining Mainers

Soaring student debt impacts the economy, with graduates putting off life investments as they struggle to repay loans.

advertisement

Published
October 10, 2014

USM Faculty Senate proposes closing a campus

The proposal is offered as an alternative to cutting 50 faculty positions and two academic programs.
Published
October 9, 2014

Program, faculty cuts at USM headed for vote despite protests

About 50 students, graduates and faculty members rally against the plan that's set for a vote Oct. 24.
Published
October 9, 2014

Belief in education burns in dean of Lewiston-Auburn College

Joyce Gibson reflects on her mission and what is special about the college, which is part of the University of Southern Maine.
Published
October 8, 2014

USM’s interim President David Flanagan walks a fine line in cutting costs

The former CEO of Central Maine Power Co. is trying to balance the budget and modernize the university without harming its mission or its reputation.
Published
October 7, 2014

Sixty-four years after it slipped away, Mainer gets his master’s

At 85, Howard Reiche Jr. of Falmouth takes an item off his 'bucket list' after his life's work helps him complete the grad school program he started in 1950.