Maine's public universities and community colleges have a long tradition of working together. They are doing so now more closely than ever before given the needs of Maine students and employers and the institutions' imperative to achieve efficiencies and savings through partnership. As required by Public Law 2015, Chapter 261, the leaders of both UMS and MCCS and their Boards of Trustees' Chairs comprise the Public Higher Education Systems Coordinating Committee (HECC), which is expected to advance, and report annually to the Governor and Legislature about, shared efforts to promote efficiency, cooperation and strategic planning. This memo serves as that report for 2024, and is intended to demonstrate the public systems' continued commitment to collaboration by highlighting new and most notable initiatives.