Visiting assistant professor of special education Melissa Cuba has been invited to participate in a new Maine Department of Education (MDOE) initiative to promote bilingual education in Maine schools.
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Inside Higher Education and The Chronicle of Higher Education featured a study by Leah Hakkola, associate professor of higher education, and doctoral student in higher education Sarah Dyer exploring how faculty search chairs’ status and social identities impact interpersonal committee dynamics and decisions about hiring diverse candidates.
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A recent journal article from two University of Maine researchers suggests that despite good intentions, implicit and overt bias, as well as institutional and structural barriers, may still hamper colleges’ and universities’ efforts to diversify their faculty ranks.
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Two members of the College of Education and Human Development faculty have received tenure and promotion to associate professor. Both Justin Dimmel and Leah Hakkola have been at the University of Maine since 2015.
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Sandra Caron, a professor of family relations and human sexuality at the University of Maine, spoke with Adotas about the impacts of casual sex on friendship.
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College of Education and Human Development dean Penny Bishop discussed teacher shortages in a recent Kennebec Journal article.
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The Penobscot River Educational Partnership (PREP) is hosting a professional development day Friday, March 18, for approximately 1,400 area educators.
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Lily Canders, a junior from Brewer, Maine, says her goal is to become a kindergarten teacher after she graduates in May 2023.
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News Center Maine reported on the University of Maine College of Education and Human Development’s “Why Teach” promotional campaign, which features testimonies from current and former UMaine students about why they want to be teachers.
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The Portland Press Herald published an op-ed this week that responds to recent reports about Maine’s mixed record on mental health support for children, and points to changes that could be made in rural communities and schools to better support whole-child development.
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