The 2012 National STEM Video Game Challenge is now open to middle- and high-school students, college and graduate students, and educators.
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Category: Higher Ed
Early post-secondary survey results published
The specially appointed task force exploring the expansion of early post-secondary education opportunities for high school students has completed a survey of the state’s high schools that intends to gauge existing opportunities and areas for expanding such opportunities.
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Notice: Survey on early post-secondary educational opportunities
High school principals and guidance counselors:
If you did not receive a request or if you haven’t yet had a chance to fill out the survey on early post-secondary educational opportunities at your school, we would greatly appreciate your response.
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Better engagement, better preparation
On Monday, I joined Gov. Paul LePage, Midcoast-area school administrators, and representatives from that region’s higher education and business communities to discuss education as an economic imperative for Maine’s Midcoast.
Governor announces appointments to task force on early postsecondary education
The following is a press release sent by the office of Gov. Paul LePage.
For Immediate Release: Monday, Sept. 19, 2011
Contact: Adrienne Bennett (207) 287-2531
AUGUSTA – Governor Paul LePage announced today that 19 people have been selected to serve on a task force that will make recommendations on expanding early college and other postsecondary education opportunities for high school students.
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Bridging our ‘skills gap’ long-term
Maine employers from all sectors of the economy came to the Blaine House in Augusta last week with a clear message, though not the one most might have expected.
The economy is slow, but we have job openings, the employers told Gov. Paul LePage. More than 20,000 Maine people are receiving unemployment benefits, but we can’t find the workers we need, they said.
In other words, what we have in Maine isn’t only a jobs deficit. It’s a skills deficit, too. We have more available jobs in some sectors than we do workers with the skills needed to do them.
UMaine engineering college offers tours, school visits
The University of Maine’s College of Engineering is reaching out to Maine high schools this fall to offer them and their students information about the engineering field and related opportunities.
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New task force to focus on educational opportunities for Maine students
The following is a press release sent by the office of Gov. Paul LePage.
For Immediate Release: Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Contact: Adrienne Bennett (207) 287-2531
AUGUSTA, Maine – Governor Paul LePage announced today the formation of a Task Force to make recommendations on expanding early college and other post-secondary education opportunities for high school students. Creation of the Task Force builds on the Governor’s campaign calls last year for a five-year high school concept.
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Maine graduation rate on the rise
National report puts Maine at #16 in the nation
AUGUSTA – Maine’s Class of 2008 had the 16th highest graduation rate in the nation, according to a report released today by Education Week. Maine’s rate, as calculated by Education Week, was 76.5 percent, compared to a national average of 71.7 percent.
LePage: Postsecondary success starts before college
Too many Maine students require remedial courses once they reach college, and too many are dropping out before they earn degrees.
That’s bad news for the state’s future economic prospects, Gov. Paul LePage writes in a guest column published June 6 in the New England Journal of Higher Education. Continue reading “LePage: Postsecondary success starts before college”
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