maine community college system
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PublishedMarch 5, 2023
Free community college program pulls students from UMaine System
A Maine lawmaker would expand upon the free tuition initiative to help prevent the enrollment declines at the state's public universities from getting any worse.
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PublishedFebruary 8, 2023
Maine community colleges stop requiring COVID-19 vaccine
The system president says high vaccination rates in the state and improved outcomes for people who contract COVID-19 played a role in the decision.
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PublishedJanuary 10, 2023
Maine Voices: Free community college comes with upsides and downsides
While more opportunity, more education and more support for underfunded institutions are good things, community colleges and other institutions must prepare for costs and other consequences.
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PublishedOctober 20, 2022
‘More than a free college program’: CMCC hits record enrollment with boost from state scholarship
The state community college system argues that the scholarship has helped encourage pandemic-era graduates to attend college and reengage men in post-secondary education.
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PublishedAugust 1, 2022
Applications swell with Maine’s offer of free community college
The state's seven community colleges see an 11 percent increase in summer applications compared to this time last year.
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PublishedJuly 17, 2022
Maine community colleges see enrollment shift to worker training programs
Community colleges around the country are expanding short-term workforce training programs hoping to make a dent in the national workforce shortage and provide low-barrier opportunities for economic mobility.
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PublishedMay 4, 2022
Maine’s community college nursing programs to double enrollment thanks to $5 million funding boost
New funding from a public-private partnership between the state and two of Maine's largest health care providers to allow the Maine Community College System to increase nursing enrollment as soon as this fall.
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PublishedMarch 29, 2022
Maine community colleges to boost training for much-needed welding skills
A new grant-funded mobile welding lab will be able to travel to the college system's seven campuses to expand its instructional reach.
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PublishedFebruary 27, 2022
Maine nursing schools see enrollments rise amid pandemic
Students preparing for hospital careers say they aren't discouraged by the pressures of the pandemic, and instead are eager to help.
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PublishedFebruary 16, 2022
Maine Voices: Pay Maine community college instructors fairly before granting free tuition
The economic feasibility of a social good cannot rely on the continued perpetuation of a socioeconomic injustice.