The two ceremonies Sunday recognized thousands of graduates from two of Maine’s premier private colleges.
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Meet the Mechanic Falls native who led the last bayonet charge in U.S. Army history
Lewis Millett was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions on Feb. 7, 1951, in the Korean War.
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Bates College Museum of Art hires a new director
Carrie Cushman will come to Maine from Connecticut, starting her job in August.
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60 years of Ralph Steadman’s art coming to Bates College
‘Ralph Steadman: And Another Thing’ showcases 149 original works, sketchbooks, personal photos and handwritten notes from the artist known for collaborating with Hunter S. Thompson.
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As Portland’s gotten cooler, are more Maine college grads staying? | Column
Census data shows the city has become more popular with recent college graduates, and some surveys of Maine students indicate more of them have been sticking around.
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Under federal pressure, some of Maine’s colleges are renaming DEI offices
Maine colleges are joining a national trend or scrubbing words like ‘diversity’ and ‘inclusion’ from department websites in favor of more neutral terms like ‘community’ and ‘belonging.’
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As Trump targets higher education, Maine colleges worry endowments are next
The state’s higher education leaders say Republican-backed bills to raise endowment taxes would produce negligible benefits while forcing schools to slash financial aid and operating budgets.
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Four Maine college presidents sign national letter decrying Trump education ‘overreach’
The presidents of Bowdoin, Bates, Colby and the University of New England joined more than 230 college leaders in rebuking the federal government’s ‘political interference’ in higher education.
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ACLU files class-action suit over revoked student visas throughout New England
The lawsuit seeks to restore the visa status of more than 100 international students in New England, although it’s unclear if any Maine international students have had their visas terminated.
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Lawmakers look to ban legacy admissions in Maine, but some colleges are pushing back
The bill would prevent public and private colleges and universities in Maine from considering whether an applicant’s parents went to or donated to the school in the admissions process.