Brewer, Cain comment in legislature/education reports
Comments from UMaine political scientist Mark Brewer were included a Maine Public Radio report about a story in the Chronicle of Higher Education, which found Maine was ranked second-to-last in percentage of state legislators with at least a bachelor’s degree. Brewer said a strong tradition of civic duty pulls in people from all kinds of backgrounds to serve in the Maine legislature, and the low rate reflects the general population’s lower-than-average rate of college graduates. The MPBN story and Chronicle report also include comments from Democratic state Rep. Emily Cain, the House minority leader and a UMaine graduate who earned a master’s degree at Harvard and is working on a Ph.D. from UMaine. Cain works as the advancement coordinator for UMaine’s Honors College and represents the district that includes UMaine’s Orono campus and property.
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