Hiring Questions at U. of Maine

The University of Maine System is investigating hiring procedures in the wake of reports of the hiring of seven officials with political connections and backgrounds to high-ranking positions in the system, in some cases with waivers from standard requirements for broad searches, The Bangor Daily News reported. Officials at the system said that they were not prepared to say at this time that any of the hires were inappropriate, but that they agreed that a thorough review was needed.