Lowell Sun reports on Flagship Match, cites Provost Hecker
The Lowell Sun of Massachusetts published a State House News Service article titled, “UMaine luring out-of-state students with match program.” In in 2015, the University of Maine launched its Flagship Match scholarship program, offering qualifying out-of-state students the chance to attend the Orono campus for the price they would pay to attend their own state’s flagship public school, the article states. “It’s a good thing for the university, and it’s also a good thing for our state,” said Jeffrey Hecker, UMaine’s executive vice president for academic affairs and provost. “The more we can bring young people to Maine, some of them are going to stay.” Hecker said the scholarship program — which provides a level of aid that brings the school’s out-of-state tuition price down to the cost students from Massachusetts and eight other states would pay to attend their own state university — was intended to respond to two challenges. Maine has the oldest median age in the nation and graduates fewer students from high school each year, he said. Telegram.com of Worcester, Massachusetts and SouthCoastToday of New Bedford, Massachusetts also published the report.