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What used to be one of Maine’s smallest universities has seen the biggest increase in students
1+ week, 6+ day ago (675+ words) Preliminary counts for enrollment across Maine’s seven public universities and law school show that student enrollment could exceed 28,000 this school year, continuing an upward trend in enrollment driven by online learners. Officials said the preliminary head count, which happens before…...
Maine Maritime Academy drastically revises graduation rate it released in May
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (595+ words) At a more than five-hour May meeting, Maine Maritime Academy’s board of trustees discussed how the school’s four-year graduation rate had plummeted to 34% — and how to raise it while facing long-lasting educational fallout from the pandemic. More than two months…...
Maine Maritime Academy announces 1st-in-the-nation nuclear engineering major
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (705+ words) Make a gift in honor of the good that comes from BDN journalism in your hands, and help raise $60,000 this spring to support our reporting. Make a donation now. CASTINE, Maine — Maine Maritime Academy will become the first maritime college…...
New Maine Maritime Academy training ship heads to Texas for summer sea term
4+ mon, 2+ day ago (139+ words) PORTLAND, Maine (WABI) - The new State of Maine training ship for the Maine Maritime Academy is on its way to Texas. It left the Portland Harbor Saturday afternoon. The ship is making its way to Galveston for the first leg…...
Bill targeting school employee misconduct becomes Maine law
4+ mon, 3+ day ago (504+ words) A bill sponsored by a Lewiston legislator and championed by a local mother aimed at increasing transparency of school employee misconduct is now law. The Legislature passed LD 2192 in a near-unanimous vote, and the emergency measure immediately became law. Cara…...
Maine finally raised teacher pay. Here’s what it could mean for school staffing.
4+ mon, 5+ day ago (770+ words) Lily Withington started working in Portland schools seven years ago, but she didn’t make more than $50,000 until last year. As she unexpectedly found herself living alone after a breakup, responsible for double the rent, the raise was critical in allowing…...
Maine lawmakers make last-minute changes to school funding formula bill
5+ mon, 4+ day ago (517+ words) Lawmakers made last-minute changes Thursday to a bill that would reform Maine’s fraught school funding formula after a fiscal note on the cost came back $25 million higher than expected. The Education and Cultural Affairs Committee initially passed LD 2226 with broad…...
Maine House progresses education funding bill
5+ mon, 11+ hour ago (244+ words) AUGUSTA, Maine (WABI) - The Maine House took up a proposal Monday that could increase an expected 70 million dollars annually to the state’s public school funding. The bill would make changes to the state’s funding formula as well as complete a…...
Gov. Mills signs $519M budget making Free Community College Program permanent in Maine
5+ mon, 3+ day ago (394+ words) BANGOR, Maine — Gov. Janet Mills paid a visit to Eastern Maine Community College in Bangor on Friday to sign the state's supplemental budget into law. "It is a full and complete supplemental budget that does a lot of good things…...
Maine Maritime Academy holds handover ceremony for new training ship
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (218+ words) PORTLAND, Maine (WABI) - Maine Maritime Academy hosted a ceremony Monday evening for the official handover of a training vessel for the school. ‘The State of Maine’ is the first training ship MMA has had that was built for the purpose…...