The cuts come in response to a $36 million funding shortfall in the University of Maine System.
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Faculty cutbacks mobilize USM student movement
USM student organizers have kept up a relentless drumbeat of protests unlike anything in recent memory.
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Two Bowdoin students resign over drug sales
The pair had been accused of selling prescription drugs to other Bowdoin students.
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Colby students prepping for woodsmen competition
Just about every woodsman event – ranging from the pole climb to wood sawing and chopping – is a necessary method of work for logging and lumber occupations.
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Former Augusta hospital gets USM for first tenant
The Muskie School of Public Policy will take a small section of the old MaineGeneral location.
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New IT program approved for University of Southern Maine
Officials say the state workforce needs people with a bachelor of science degree in information technology.
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SMCC to cut welding, two other programs, citing costs
Officials say the degree courses weren’t working well, and that two will be taught in a different way because the skills are in demand.
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Voters choose to close Cornish Elementary, keep open Baldwin Elementary
The district school board had recommended that both schools be closed in order to reduce education costs.
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Maine virtual charter school in limbo
The proposed online school won’t be reconsidered by the charter commission until at least May, if ever.
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Portland sixth-graders to watch film, participate in international project
‘I Am Eleven’ is part of the Portland Children’s Film Festival and includes interviews with 11-year-olds in 15 countries.