In Augusta on October 1, 2010, Twenty-four Maine Employers were Honored at Compact for Higher Education Symposium.  Loring Job Corps was one of the selected honored,  accepting on behalf of our Center Director and our center was our own Dr. Dottie Martin,Phd., Director of Career Development.  The Maine Development Foundation and its Maine Employers’ Initiative program recognized 24 Maine employers for their efforts in supporting higher education at the Maine Compact for Higher Education’s Fifth Maine Symposium on Higher Education held at Unum on September 28.  The celebrated employers have taken a variety of actions to support higher education for their employees. Their steps range from celebrating employee completion of a degree or certification programs to creating a formal tuition payment program.  The Compact for Higher Education projects a need in Maine of 40,000 more workers with post high school training by 2019.  The Maine Employers’ Initiative is funded through a generous grant from the Lumina Foundation and is working in partnership with the Maine Compact for Higher Education and the Maine Community Foundation to increase the educational attainment levels of Maine’s workers.  The Maine Development Foundation is a private, non-profit organization that drives sustainable, long-term economic growth for Maine.  Pictured is Dr. Dottie Martin and Joseph Foley; Chair of the Compact for Higher Education Board of Directors and Laurie Lachance, President & CEO of Maine Development Foundation, next is the picture of  the 24 honored Maine Employers.