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Adult Learner Scholarship Fund

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Maine Community Foundation launches Adult Learner Scholarship Fund

ELLSWORTH & PORTLAND – The Maine Community Foundation has launched the Adult Learner Scholarship Fund to support non-traditional students who want to change their lives for the better through education and training.

“Pursuing higher education as an adult – whether for the first time or not – can be stressful and full of challenges,” says MaineCF Director of Educational Initiatives Cherie Galyean. “The Adult Learner Scholarship is intended to help relieve some of the financial burden students take on so they can focus on what is important: school.” Continue reading →

Twenty men earn college degrees while incarcerated at Maine State Prison

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Since it’s inception, the partnership of the University of Maine Augusta and the Maine State prison system has been a successful one. In fact, the recidivism rate of individuals who achieve a degree while in college drops to almost zero. This past week, MEOC was proud to attend the graduation ceremony for 20 men who completed either their Associates or Bachelor’s degree. Congratulations to all involved!

WABI has the full story below:

Twenty men earn college degrees while incarcerated at Maine State Prison