U of Maine System pledges to keep tuition and state funding flat for two years - Christopher Cousins, Bangor Daily News

The University of Maine System will request flat funding from state government for the next two years and has pledged that for that level of funding, it will keep tuition rates flat for two years as well. Both tuition and state expenditures on the university system have crept upward nearly every year for decades, but, contingent on a vote Monday by the system’s trustees, those days are over while the system takes steps to make its operation leaner. “There’s certainly no question that state government and the university system are in very serious financial times,” said Rebecca Wyke, the system’s vice chancellor for finance and administration. http://www.sunjournal.com/news/maine/2012/09/23/university-maine-system-pledges-keep-tuition-and-s/1255242