The University of Maine System announced today it aims to cover tuition and fees for more than 1,200 members of the Maine high school graduating class of 2020.
Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory in Bar Harbor received an award of nearly $18 million from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, an institute of the National Institutes of Health, for the renewal of a grant to strengthen biomedical research and research training in Maine.
University of Maine System's board of trustees adopted on Wednesday a multi-year set of strategic priorities that are intended to continue and expand the One University reform effort over the next three to five years.
Maine's public colleges have New England's lowest average tuition and fee rates, says a report by the New England Board of Higher Education released this week.
The University of Maine System reported Tuesday that its initiatives to put more students on an affordable path to a college degree and a career in Maine are already seeing results.
The University of Maine System anticipates another record year of nursing applications consistent with a four-year growth trend of nearly 20% across the state's public universities. But those enrollment increases are hitting a speed bump due to inadequate facilities.
Joan Ferrini-Mundy, chief operating officer of the $7.8 billion National Science Foundation, will be the 21st president of the University of Maine and the president of the University of Maine at Machias.
At a University of Maine System board of trustees meeting in Portland today, presidents of the campuses in Augusta, Fort Kent, Machias and Presque Isle reported that an initiative announced last October has already produced 300 financial aid awards that would completely cover the cost of tuition and standard fees for Maine students attending their institutions in fall 2018.