Page, 66, has overseen financial stabilization and a refining of educational goals and priorities in the seven-campus system during his seven years in the job.
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University of Maine System to see first tuition increase in six years
PRESQUE ISLE (AP) — University of Maine System trustees have approved a tuition increase. The Press Herald reported (http://bit.ly/2qQFeIj ) that tuition alone in the system will be raised an average of 3.3 percent, or $242 per year. In-state students are expected to pay around $17,486 for tuition, fees and room and board. Rates for […]
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UMaine System chancellor pitches LePage budget to lawmakers
AUGUSTA — The chancellor of the University of Maine System is calling on lawmakers to support increased funding for its schools in Gov. Paul LePage’s budget. Chancellor James Page addressed a joint session of the Legislature on Tuesday. He says that LePage is proposing the biggest new investment that the system has seen in years. […]
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UMaine chancellor explains vision for ‘mission-oriented’ campuses
BANGOR — The University of Maine System won’t do anything as dramatic as shutting down a campus to make itself fiscally sound, but it will change the focus of those institutions and force cooperation. System Chancellor James Page laid out a “rather complex set of high-level directives” aimed at breaking down barriers between the system’s […]
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UMaine hires Hunter as its first female president
AUGUSTA (AP) — The University of Maine will have its first female president, university system Chancellor James Page announced Tuesday. Susan Hunter, who has spent most of her career at the University of Maine, will serve a two-year appointment leading the nearly 11,250-student Orono campus beginning July 7. The executive committee of the system’s Board […]
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UMaine to cut 61 positions, dip into savings to address $9.7 million shortfall
ORONO — The University of Maine will eliminate 61 positions and use $5.3 million of its savings to account for a $9.7 million shortfall in next year’s budget, university officials announced Friday. The cost reduction plan on the Orono campus calls for eliminating 30 faculty positions — all of which are either currently vacant or […]
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University of Maine campuses grapple with $36 million budget shortfall
BANGOR — The University of Maine System’s seven campuses and the system office are each working to close their share of a $36 million budget gap for fiscal year 2015 and are at varying stages of the painful process. Much of the gap will be filled by cutting employees. On Friday, UMS Chancellor James Page […]