AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) - Maine Chancellor Richard Pattenaude says 100 faculty positions in the state university system could be cut this spring, meaning 100 fewer classes.
Pattenaude told the Legislature's Education Committee on Tuesday that those reductions would result from a $15 million budget cut this academic year and next. Lawmakers are asking the university system to absorb that budget reduction.
Maine Community College System President John Fitzsimmons said Maine's seven community colleges, which face $4.2 million in cuts this academic year and next, will "absorb the hits" this year without making major changes.
The Kennebec Journal in Augusta says Maine Maritime Academy Vice President Richard Ericson also spoke to the committee.
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Information from: Kennebec Journal, http://www.kjonline.com/
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