The government encouraged borrowing by teenagers that no private-sector lender would have approved.
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Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Time for students to occupy the classroom, demand fair pay for adjunct teachers
Part-time professors create courses, give lectures, spend hours grading and help students think critically – but they’d make more in fast food.
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Maine Voices: I’m a Falmouth senior, and I’m not ‘limiting myself’ by considering USM
Just the opposite – being granted in-state tuition and not having to live on campus mean that I’d graduate debt-free.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Schools and Education
SMCC to offer skills training to STRIVE U students
Southern Maine Community College will provide programming designed to expand job opportunities for young people with intellectual disabilities.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Student-trustee: Change from ‘USM’ to ‘UMaine Portland’ will help our state grow, prosper
Leveraging the city’s name recognition and image could draw new students to all UMaine System campuses and fill jobs statewide.
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Senate Democratic leaders: The Fighting for Maine Agenda is about putting Mainers first
We’re focusing on health care, property taxes, energy independence and giving workers a fair shake.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Government, student loan industry take advantage of working Americans
What Betsy DeVos did to the public service debt forgiveness program isn’t ‘regrettable’ – it’s wrong.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Schools and Education, Uncategorized
UMaine System to consider changes to Maine’s only law school
The University of Maine Board of Trustees will vote Sept. 16 on a proposal aimed at addressing financial challenges, growing enrollment and improving academic programming.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Local & State, Schools and Education
Labor leader tells incoming Bates students to ‘become the missionaries of truth’
‘You are the ones who are going to have to clean up this mess,’ Dolores Huerta tells freshmen during the Lewiston college’s convocation ceremony Tuesday.
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USM announces $1 million gift to fund need-based scholarships
The donation from The Lunder Foundation will support an endowed scholarship program aimed at helping Maine residents with demonstrated financial need.