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Schools and Education

Published
December 7, 2014

College choices face a financial reality check

Parents and students are rethinking everything about the college selection process as the decision becomes a cost-benefit analysis.
Published
December 7, 2014

Paying for college: Common vocabulary

EFC: The expected family contribution to a student’s college costs, calculated as part of the financial aid application process based on family income, assets and other factors. COA: Cost of attendance, the total amount a student’s college education is expected to cost. It includes tuition, fees, housing, meals, books, transportation, travel and other costs. FAFSA: […]
Published
December 7, 2014

Lenders may lead students to ‘debt, despair’

The lending industry does have some unscrupulous players, but students also must become smart consumers.
Published
December 6, 2014

Cost threatens healthy school meals

Defying the first lady, House Republicans want to waive standards for a year for struggling districts.
Published
December 4, 2014

Maine 11th-graders show mixed results in SAT scores

High school juniors improve their math and writing scores from last year, but reading scores are down. Statewide, students' science scores also are up.

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Published
December 4, 2014

UMF students find Lac-Megantic on verge of rebuilding after disaster

But the residents of the Quebec town are divided on how to proceed.
Published
December 3, 2014

Is UNE ready for football with a team of its own?

The school plans to add the sport on the Biddeford campus by 2017, hoping to boost its image and enrollment, build community and enhance academic programs.
Published
December 2, 2014

National college faculty organization to investigate USM cuts

The group, which lobbies on behalf of academics, plans to send a team because the changes 'seem to be much more far-reaching than those we've seen before.'
Published
December 1, 2014

New round of USM cuts targets 14 non-faculty jobs, capital projects

Officials also plan to revamp research programs and tap reserve funds as they close a projected $16 million budget gap for the next fiscal year.
Published
November 30, 2014

Video gamesmanship wins dollars for scholars

Robert Morris University Illinois offers generous eSports scholarships to problem-solving students.