The state has bucked a national trend that has seen a 30% drop in enrollment by foreign students in the wake of Trump administration immigration and education policies.
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Bowdoin among colleges sued for early decision admissions practices
The lawsuit filed in Massachusetts against 32 schools across the U.S. claims early admissions drive up education costs and prevent students from comparing financial aid offers.
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Bowdoin College’s plan for Kingfield campground meets local resistance
The proposal for a seasonal camping site for students on a 20.7-acre Kingfield property is drawing pushback from neighbors over traffic and road wear.
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How Trump’s big bill will reshape the affordability of Maine higher education
The newly signed law adds caps on federal graduate student loans, expands Pell grants to cover workforce training and changes the college endowment tax, potentially giving millions in relief to small Maine colleges.
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Zohran Mamdani, a front-runner to be NYC’s mayor, is a Bowdoin College alum
Mamdani, who graduated from Bowdoin in 2014 with a degree in Africana studies, declared victory in New York City’s Democratic mayoral primary.
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Student visa freeze leaves Maine colleges and universities unsure about fall enrollment
The Trump administration on Tuesday said the State Department wants to ramp up scrutiny of applicants’ social media activity.
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Under federal pressure, some of Maine’s colleges are renaming DEI offices
Maine colleges are joining a national trend or scrubbing words like ‘diversity’ and ‘inclusion’ from department websites in favor of more neutral terms like ‘community’ and ‘belonging.’
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As Trump targets higher education, Maine colleges worry endowments are next
The state’s higher education leaders say Republican-backed bills to raise endowment taxes would produce negligible benefits while forcing schools to slash financial aid and operating budgets.
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Four Maine college presidents sign national letter decrying Trump education ‘overreach’
The presidents of Bowdoin, Bates, Colby and the University of New England joined more than 230 college leaders in rebuking the federal government’s ‘political interference’ in higher education.
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ACLU files class-action suit over revoked student visas throughout New England
The lawsuit seeks to restore the visa status of more than 100 international students in New England, although it’s unclear if any Maine international students have had their visas terminated.