Testimony in Support of LD 1507, An Act To Establish a Student Loan Bill of Rights to License and Regulate Student Loan Servicers

In Maine, most students do borrow for college. Sixty-three percent left school with debt in 2015, carrying an average debt load of $30,000. The debt load is […]

Testimony in Support of LD 1404, An Act to Ensure the Integrity of For-profit Colleges

We have a public and economic interest in making sure that students have access to affordable higher education that will give them the skills they need to […]

Testimony in Support of LD 1129, An Act to Address College Affordability

I would urge the committee to recognize the serious nature of the college affordability crisis in our nation and state. Please also bear in mind that college […]

Testimony in Support of LD 32, An Act to An Act To Increase the Size of Grants under the Maine State Grant Program

For a PDF of this testimony, click here. January 23, 2017 Good afternoon, Senator Langley, Representative Kornfield, and members of the Joint Committee on Education and Cultural […]

Maine College Affordability Gap Analysis: Dependent Students, Four Years at University of Maine System

Graphic referenced in testimony in support of LD 32, An Act to An Act to Increase the Size of Grants under the Maine State Grant Program, click here. […]

Let’s make sure that every Mainer who aspires to succeed can go back to school

With summer beginning to wind down, thousands of Mainers are getting ready to go back to school. This September, Maine’s post-secondary schools—colleges, universities, and community colleges across […]

Total U.S. Postsecondary Adult Education Enrollment (bar chart)

Another tilt at the windmill, more wasted taxpayer funds, but a win for uninsured Maine young people

The Supreme Court today declined to hear the LePage Administration’s appeal of a November 1st Circuit Court of Appeals ruling against the Administration’s request to cut 6,000 […]

Testimony in Support of LD 1406: An Act to Make College More Affordable for Maine Residents

College has become less affordable for all Maine students, but college remains least affordable for low-income students and working adults. Maine’s public college affordability gap means that […]

Testimony in Support of LD 1373, An Act to Create the Put ME to Work Program

This proposal would not only benefit working families, but help the state economy. By working to determine which skills are in demand and working with postsecondary institutions […]