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Gov. Mills unveils $20 million plan for free tuition at Maine community colleges
About 8,000 students would be eligible under the program, funded by a one-time transfer to the Maine Community College System.
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UMA provides $2.5 million in federal COVID-19 aid to help with student debt, college expenses
The coronavirus relief money, in some cases, could be used to forgive debt for students who were enrolled from March 2020 to March 2021.
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Part-time Mainer ‘relieved’ that U.S. Supreme Court will hear college admissions cases
The court agrees to hear two lawsuits challenging the role of race in college admissions filed by a group whose leader lives in South Thomaston half of the year.
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Maine Voices: University abandons students’ health care needs
Financially strapped students can no longer get coverage through the University of Maine, leaving many in the lurch.
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Maine Voices: Martin Luther King helped give me courage to shape my own future
By urging me and other young Lutherans to act when faced with wrongdoing, he offered a transformational message.
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Maine Voices: State’s HOPE program helped me chart path to success
Thanks to Sara Gideon’s investment, more families like mine will have the support they need to pursue education and training beyond high school.
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Leonard Pitts: White students may not be as fragile as some parents seem to think
At least one teacher has found that students are not traumatized when they hear the truth, but they are angry that they hadn’t heard it before.
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Bowdoin College trustee steps down after probe into Epstein ties
James ‘Jes’ Staley also resigned from his position as CEO of London-based multinational bank Barclays on Monday.
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Portland’s B&M Baked Beans factory to be replaced with Roux Institute campus
Plans call for turning the 100-year-old waterfront factory site into an education and technology campus that can help drive Maine’s economy for the next century.