The high court rules that a state’s voters can outlaw the use of race as a factor in college admissions.
Schools and Education
News about schools and education from the Portland Press Herald.
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UNE celebrates opening of campus in Morocco
It is the only American higher education institution in the country.
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Maine ties California for top high schools
Maine goes to the head of the class in the latest rankings of schools by U.S. News & World Report.
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Greely students off to Guatemala through Safe Passage
Nine high school sophomores and three of their mothers will spend a week volunteering.
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Robotics teams from four Maine high schools head to world championships
Students from South Portland and Bonny Eagle will travel together by bus to the St. Louis competition.
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Rhode Island university urges students: Take diploma not selfies
Bryant University asks students to refrain from photography on the graduation stage.
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Student consumer protection: For-profit colleges subject of scrutiny
Thirty-two states join forces to investigate accounts of predatory lending, misleading statistics and more.
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USM faculty still pondering its budget cuts
The Faculty Senate president says layoffs are a possibility as his group seeks $14 million in savings.
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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.
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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.