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PublishedJune 27, 2024
Maine’s community colleges receive $75 million grant to expand short-term workforce training
The donation was made by the Harold Alfond Foundation to build on the success of existing programming that the organization believes can help ease Maine's labor shortage.
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PublishedMarch 14, 2024
Service workers at Maine’s 7 community colleges say system is stalling negotiations
The union is demanding wage increases for the 165 employees currently working under a contract that expired in July 2023.
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PublishedMarch 1, 2024
Maine colleges, universities partner with defense industry to recruit and train thousands of workers
As overseas military threats multiply, the U.S. defense industry is looking to vastly scale up hiring and worker training, including in Maine.
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PublishedDecember 10, 2023
Maine’s poorest students still face burdens, despite state’s free community college program
More low-income students have enrolled in the Maine Community College System since free tuition was introduced, but many were already getting free tuition under federal grant programs and still struggle to pay for food and housing.
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PublishedOctober 23, 2023
New enrollment numbers show expected growth at Maine community colleges
Enrollment in Maine's seven community colleges rose by 12.2% between 2019 and 2023, almost the same amount that enrollment declined in the state's public university system.
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PublishedSeptember 26, 2023
Commentary: Free Maine community college tuition program must be made permanent
Meeting with high school sophomores recently, I had to equivocate about the availability of free college; nobody is sure they’ll have the option. That’s a problem.
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PublishedSeptember 4, 2023
As students return to KVCC, Fairfield-based college lays out ambitious road map
The state's free-tuition initiative has boosted enrollment numbers at Kennebec Valley Community College at a time when administrators are planning for on-campus housing and new athletic programs.
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PublishedAugust 31, 2023
Enrollment rises 18% at Maine community colleges
The state's free tuition program boosts enrollment for a second straight year.
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PublishedJune 6, 2023
Commentary: Maine Community College System survives by unfairly compensating workers
Students are flocking to Maine community colleges while adjunct teaching staff are running for the exits.
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PublishedMay 28, 2023
Maine adjunct professors join push for wage increases
The instructors acknowledge they have different roles than full-time faculty but say they should be paid similarly for performing the same tasks.
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