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These access and affordability programs geared toward high schoolers reap great results

University Business

Tackling workforce needs with financial assistance Maine Free College, a free college scholarship initiative introduced by the Maine Community College System (MCCS) in the 2022-23 academic year, has helped contribute to a mass resurgence in enrollment compared to the rest of the country.

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Friday Fragments

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Blog: Confessions of a Community College Dean Some great responses from readers came in this week! In response to the piece about secret shoppers, one former secret shopper wrote with a story of a time that it took him seven continuous hours, in person, to register for a class at a college, and that was with skipping financial aid.

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AAUP Report on Political Interference in Higher Education: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 185 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Dr. Henry “Hank” Reichman

The Change Leader, Inc.

You offered four main takeaways, which I know changed a little bit, but those four were the hostile takeover of New College, as both a test case and a blueprint for future encroachments on public colleges and universities across the country. They certify federal financial aid.