The increase of $2 per credit hour will bring full-time, in-state tuition to $2,700 for the 2014-15 school year.

A change in state law prompts Portland officials to look at measures of ‘proficiency’ other than test scores.

Each has been charged with developing a distinctive identity within the University of Maine System.

The plan also calls for an academic overhaul to streamline programs at each of the seven campuses to decrease overlap, to help close a projected $69 million deficit.

Paul Ferguson, appointed in 2011, oversaw a restructuring plan during his time at UMaine.

The officials are set to vote Monday on a $529 million budget that eliminates 157 positions statewide.