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UMPI INCREASING EDUCATIONAL
OPPORTUNITIES, GIVING BACK TO
COMMUNITY
W
hether it’s providing access to higher education for high school students
and working professionals, or hosting unique and fun community events
meant to benefit local organizations, the University of Maine at Presque
Isle has been working hard on several projects and initiatives this spring and summer.
The University signed a groundbreaking learning
agreement with the Maine School of Science and Mathematics in
Education, is approved by the Maine Department
the spring that established Maine’s fastest and most affordable
of Education’s Cer-
path to a college diploma. Starting this fall, students attending
tification Division.
MSSM are able to take advantage of the most comprehensive
To be eligible for
early-college pathway in Maine, potentially completing enough
this opportunity,
college-level coursework to earn an Associate’s degree in Liberal
candidates
Studies from UMPI in addition to a high school diploma. At
need to meet
per credit hour, the -credit Associate’s degree could cost
several con-
students and their families less than $,, a % savings over
ditions, in-
the traditional cost of a similar course load for Maine residents
cluding
attending UMPI.
having no
$
“This dual degree agreement expands upon our existing
more than
partnership with MSSM and provides MSSM students with an
two educa-
unparalleled head start on college, a stronger pathway into a
tional meth-
public university system tha XY