Northern Maine CC cutting positions, services to offset projected $470,000 budget deficit - Jen Lynds, Bangor Daily News

Officials at Northern Maine Community College are making significant spending cuts to offset a nearly half-million dollar budget deficit, citing increased operational costs, flat state appropriations and anticipated flat or slightly decreased enrollment for the fall semester. The cuts in services and personnel include a nursing position at the Houlton Higher Education Center, which upsets the seven nursing students currently pursuing their degrees there. The students fear additional costs for travel and childcare, should they need to commute the 42 miles to the Presque Isle campus to finish their degrees, as well as the potential loss of some of the hands-on instruction they have been receiving in Houlton. Tim Crowley, president of NMCC, said Friday the college is working to find ways to deal with a projected $470,000 budget deficit for the 2015 fiscal year. http://bangordailynews.com/2014/05/23/education/nmcc-cutting-positions-services-to-offset-projected-470000-budget-deficit/?ref=latest