STATE — Rural students have traditionally faced barriers to higher education: geographic distance, financial constraints, limited exposure to higher education, cultural and social factors, and technological divides. With the current demographic shift in college admissions, however, they are being targeted as a key cohort. As we experience a population decline with fewer graduates, rural students […]
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‘Rural Students’ are the new minority in college admissions
STATE — Rural students have traditionally faced barriers to higher education: geographic distance, financial constraints, limited exposure to higher education, cultural and social factors, and technological divides. With the current demographic shift in college admissions, however, they are being targeted as a key cohort. As we experience a population decline with fewer graduates, rural students […]
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‘Rural Students’ are the new minority in college admissions
STATE — Rural students have traditionally faced barriers to higher education: geographic distance, financial constraints, limited exposure to higher education, cultural and social factors, and technological divides. With the current demographic shift in college admissions, however, they are being targeted as a key cohort. As we experience a population decline with fewer graduates, rural students […]
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Jay Historical Society to meet JAY — Jay Historical Society will meet at 6 p.m. Thursday, April 20, at Niles Library. Paul LeBlanc will talk about his hobby of flying pigeons and his and his son Paul’s winning experience in the 1984 Sixth New England Classic race from Ashtabula, Ohio. The public is welcome to attend […]
Posted inLetters
Problem is a rigged system
This is in response to Mayor Robert Macdonald’s letter “Lewiston a struggling city” (March 31). Federal law prevents Lewiston from closing its doors to those who are legally present. Given that, let’s focus on solutions instead of bemoaning reality. Giving asylum-seekers help quickly so that they can start working is just common sense. The mayor […]
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LHS Aspirations Lab credited with more college applicants
LEWISTON — As of mid-April, 90 percent of Lewiston High School’s graduating seniors have applied to college. “That’s huge,” Aspiration Lab Director Doug Dumont said. Last year the application rate was 70 percent. One big reason why is there’s a second person working in the Aspirations Lab: Jessica Brancely, 24, an AmeriCorps member in the […]
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Time to fill out FAFSA; help available Thursday at Lewiston High
LEWISTON — Financial aid experts will be at Lewiston High School on Thursday to help parents and seniors fill out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid. It is scheduled from 5 to 8 p.m. and is open to any high school senior and his or her parents, not just those from Lewiston, said Doug […]
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Dec. 20 is deadline for conservation program financial assistance
FARMINGTON — The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service cutoff date is Friday, Dec. 20, for submitting applications for conservation program financial assistance in fiscal year 2014. Maine’s producers are encouraged to sign up now for the Environmental Quality Incentives Program initiatives and Conservation Activity Plans, which provide financial and technical assistance to address varying natural […]