Maine Universities Hope to Boost College Aspirations with New Course Credits for High Schoolers
Faculty accepted eight Jobs for Maine Graduates credentials for credit as the system seeks to lift college enrollment and reach more first-generation students.
- The University of Maine System will now accept credentials earned by high schoolers through Jobs for Maine Graduates as course credits, starting this academic year.
- Chancellor Dannel Malloy said the state's postsecondary enrollment is too small for workforce needs as university enrollment decreased from just over 18,000 to about 16,300 students between 2021-2022 and 2025-2026.
- Students must receive 10 or more hours of instructional time and complete assessments to earn credentials, said Samantha Warren, the system spokesperson; accepted credentials include leadership, financial literacy, and career readiness.
- Jobs for Maine Graduates President Kim Acker Lipp said the framework makes learning "visible, portable," allowing students to "take it with them" and visualize themselves as college-bound sooner.
- MaineSpark is pushing for 70 percent of Mainers to have postsecondary training by 2035, aiming to address workforce challenges as the state's population ages and fewer people enter the workforce.
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Maine universities hope to boost college aspirations with new course credits for high schoolers – WTOP News
The University of Maine System, which oversees the state’s public universities, will now accept credentials that high schoolers earn through the long-time Jobs for Maine Graduates program as course credits. University officials see the move as a way to boost college aspirations as universities face a decline in student enrollment. In Jobs for Maine Graduates, Maine high school students, who may face barriers to learning, work with specialists to…
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Maine universities hope to boost college aspirations with new course credits for high schoolers
The University of Maine System, which oversees the state’s public universities, will now accept credentials that high schoolers earn through the long-time Jobs for Maine Graduates program as course credits.
Maine's public universities become first to award college credit for career-aligned microcredentials earned in high school
The first-of-its-kind collaboration between the University of Maine System and Jobs for Maine's Graduates will enable students to earn up to eight college credits to increase college access and attainment and grow Maine's workforce AUGUSTA, Maine — As part of its efforts to promote postsecondary access, upward mobility and the…
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