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Maine Community College System

David Daigler, President of Maine Community College System. Community colleges to reopen in fall with blend of online, in-person learning . Maine’s community colleges will keep 70 percent of instruction online this fall. Classes will be online, except for those where “hands-on instruction and assessment is essential to developing the skills required,” the system said in a news release. Students and staff at all seven of the community colleges will be required to wear masks while on campus.

 

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