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Article: FORMER MAINE STATE SEN. CATHCART BECOMES CHAIR OF NEW ENGLAND BOARD OF HIGHER EDUCATION
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- March 6, 2006
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University of Maine issued the following press release:
Former Maine state Sen. Mary R. Cathcart of Orono became chair of the New England Board of Higher Education (NEBHE) on Feb. 25.
Cathcart served three terms in the Maine House of Representatives and four terms in the Maine Senate representing communities in Penobscot County before she was term-limited in 2004. She is now a senior policy fellow at the University of Maine's Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center.
NEBHE was established in 1955 by a congressionally authorized, interstate compact designed to encourage cooperation among New England colleges and universities, which now number more than 270. NEBHE programs focus on the ...