University committee votes to cut three USM programs - NOEL K. GALLAGHER, Portland Press Herald

Three academic programs at the University of Southern Maine moved a step closer to elimination Friday when the academic affairs committee of the system board of trustees approved the cuts. They now go to the full board for a final vote. The American and New England studies graduate program, geosciences, and the arts and humanities major at Lewiston-Auburn College, which is part of USM, are set to be eliminated, meaning seven professors could be laid off. http://www.pressherald.com/2014/08/29/umaine-committee-votes-to-cut-three-usm-programs/