Parents and students are rethinking everything about the college selection process as the decision becomes a cost-benefit analysis.
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College choices face a financial reality check
Parents and students are rethinking everything about the college selection process as the decision becomes a cost-benefit analysis.
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Family stories: Dealing with the cost of college
Three families share their stories about meeting the challenge of paying for college.
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Lenders may lead students to ‘debt, despair’
The lending industry does have some unscrupulous players, but students also must become smart consumers.
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Paying for college: Common vocabulary
EFC: The expected family contribution to a student’s college costs, calculated as part of the financial aid application process based on family income, assets and other factors. COA: Cost of attendance, the total amount a student’s college education is expected to cost. It includes tuition, fees, housing, meals, books, transportation, travel and other costs. FAFSA: […]
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Maine 11th-graders show mixed results in SAT scores
High school juniors improve their math and writing scores from last year, but reading scores are down. Statewide, students’ science scores also are up.
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Is UNE ready for football with a team of its own?
The school plans to add the sport on the Biddeford campus by 2017, hoping to boost its image and enrollment, build community and enhance academic programs.
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Oakland’s RSU 18 gets $44K for farm-to-school menus
The U.S. Department of Agriculture money is a planning grant that will be used to set up a local-food program for the five-town school district.
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National college faculty organization to investigate USM cuts
The group, which lobbies on behalf of academics, plans to send a team because the changes ‘seem to be much more far-reaching than those we’ve seen before.’
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New round of USM cuts targets 14 non-faculty jobs, capital projects
Officials also plan to revamp research programs and tap reserve funds as they close a projected $16 million budget gap for the next fiscal year.