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UMF announces new provost

Joseph McGinn, former dean of Towson University, will lead academic life at the Farmington university.

The school will receive $50,000 from the National Endowment for the Arts.

William “Bro” Adams was confirmed Wednesday as the federal agency’s new chairman.

After two trying years marked by contentious cost cuts, Theodora Kalikow will retain her $203,000 salary and move into a new role.

Michael Cormier, the longtime leader of the Mt. Blue school district, will work 40 days a year for Fayette.

by Jennifer Van Allen July 1, 2014February 20, 2018

USM and Maine Maritime rank 23rd and 28th in the average net price for in-state students at four-year schools.

Among the applicants is a virtual school that was rejected twice.

Chancellor James Page says the system will request more state funding to weather budget gaps.

High schools will require students to have a post-graduation plan, but a pro-college emphasis has been dropped and more options added.

The group announces it is raising money for an independent audit of USM and UMaine System finances.