Maine Schools in Focus: Our Schools at “Enrollment Saturation”
Over much of the 20th century, one goal dominated public education in Maine: to enroll more children in school and sustain them to high school graduation.
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Documentary featuring COEHD professor honored by Broadcast Education Association
A short documentary featuring Elizabeth Allan, a professor of higher education with the University of Maine College of Education and Human Development, has been given an Award of Excellence in the Broadcast Education Association’s 2016 Festival of Media Arts.
Read moreMaine Schools in Focus: The Big Squeeze — Paying for Special Education Services
Special education is one of the fastest-growing cost centers in Maine school districts.
Read moreMaine Schools in Focus: More Work but Fewer Leaders — Efficiency vs. Reform?
We’ve heard proposals to “cut administration” for decades. Governors, legislators, and business people have argued that administrative costs are disproportionately high and that we must “create efficiencies.” At the same time, schools have been charged with implementing “transformational” changes in teaching and assessment, curriculum, personnel evaluation systems, and more — all requiring capable leaders in our schools and in our districts. How have these two trends played out in the daily work of our schools?
Read moreAllan to lead hazing prevention webinar Dec. 17
Elizabeth Allan, a University of Maine professor of higher education, will lead a webinar on “Preventing Hazing on Campus” on Thursday, Dec. 17. Lauri Sidelko, director of the UMaine Student Wellness Resource Center, and UMaine alumna Diana Haney also will take part. The fourth participant will be Rasheed Ali Cromwell, president of the Harbor Institute, […]
Read moreAllan featured in ‘We Don’t Haze’ documentary
Elizabeth Allan, a University of Maine professor of higher education, is featured in the new documentary “We Don’t Haze,” produced by the Clery Center For Security On Campus.
Read morePennLive Cites UMaine Hazing Study
PennLive cited a 2008 University of Maine study in the article “‘A culture problem, not a college problem’: The discussion on combating hazing continues.”
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