Higher Education Failure - Editorial, Bangor Daily News

It is past time to consider substantial changes to the state’s higher education systems and structure to ensure they better fit with the state’s needs and economic resources. A state with only 1.3 million people, Maine has a university system with seven campuses, a law school, 10 outreach centers and 75 interactive learning sites, and a community college system with seven campuses and eight off-campus centers. Often the university and community college facilities are in close proximity, sometimes even in the same town.