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1. Finance Authority of Maine (FAME)
Bruce Lockwood
managed and conducted College Aspirations
Research for the Finance Authority of Maine
(FAME). The study entitled, “Futures at
Risk???”, was sponsored by FAME and Fleet
Education Finance and was released at a news
conference with Governor Angus King
presiding. Over 1,000 copies of the study
were distributed to various factions across
the State of Maine.
The study
was a comprehensive investigation of the
aspirations of Maine students and families
with respect to formal post secondary
education. The research is comprised of
several phases:
- Three
Parent
Focus Groups (South Portland,
Bangor, and Presque Isle)
- Six
Student
Mini Groups (Saco/Dayton, SAD 3 -
Unity, SAD 27 - Fort Kent) – Two groups at
each school – sixth graders likely and not
likely to attend post-secondary education
-
Telephone interviews among Parents of
children under age 18 (n=300)
-
Telephone interviews among Students aged
12 to 17 (n=300)
Reporting
the results included examining the richness
and detail from the
qualitative research and
confirming those results with the
statistical rigor of the
quantitative data
produced from the telephone interviews. The
report is a rare combination of actual
verbatim quotes from the focus groups and
mini groups and graphic representations
depicting attitudes among a large number of
Maine Parents and Students. |
