Demographic Challenges / Economic Opportunities for Maine

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Demographic Challenges /Economic Opportunities
for Maines Higher Education System

• Presentation to
• Maine Higher Education Council
• May 25, 2005
• Senator Inn, Augusta

Laurie Lachance President, MDF
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VISION Our Vision is a High Quality of Life for
All Maine Citizens
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With Additional Education (2002 data)
Unemployment Declines
and Earnings Rise
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Age Composition of the Maine Population in 2000
and Projected for 2025
Age Composition in 2000
Age Composition in 2025
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Resident Pupil Counts1970 to 2003 Actual, 2004
to 2017 Projected
Does not include unorganized territories
Actual
Trendline
Projected
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Persons of Color Maine and US in 2000

ME
US
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MAINE BIOMEDICALRESEARCH COALITION

• Major Research Collaborations
• Institute for Molecular Biophysics
• UMaine, Jackson, MMCRI
• Maine Institute for Human Genetics Health
• EMHS, Jackson, MMCRI
• COBRE Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence
• FBR, UNE, UMaine, MDIBL, Jackson, MMCRI
• Math-Science Partnership
• FBR, USM

? University of Southern Maine
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Gulf of Maine Research Institute
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