Enrollment up at Maine Community Colleges

Two years ago Maine converted from a technical to a community college system with the hope of attracting a greater share of students directly from high school. That mission has been accomplished.Enrollment is up 41 percent in that category, Alice Kirkpatrick of the Maine Community College System said. But that 41 percent increase is seen as only the start. The expectation is that an even greater percentage of students graduating from high schools across the region and the state in the next two weeks will choose the community college path to a higher education, Kirkpatrick said.
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