School of Educational Leadership, Higher Education and Human Development

Allan discusses hazing on NPR’s ‘On Point’

Elizabeth Allan, a professor of higher education at the University of Maine and director of the National Hazing Prevention Consortium, was a recent guest on the National Public Radio program “On Point,” which is produced by WBUR in Boston.

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Caron quoted in Sun Journal article on Maine rankings

Sandra Caron, a University of Maine professor of family relations and human sexuality, spoke with the Sun Journal for an article about Maine’s No. 2 rating on “Online dating safety,” on a list compiled by home security company SafeWise and HighSpeedInternet.com.

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Rural education expert to speak at UMaine

The University of Maine will host Kai Schafft, an associate professor of education at Pennsylvania State University and director of the Center on Rural Education and Communities, for a lecture on Wednesday, March 1.

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Professor examines 100 years of rural education research

What can you learn by studying 100 years of academic writing about rural education in the United States? For Catharine Biddle, assistant professor of educational leadership at the University of Maine, it’s this: the more things change, the more they stay the same.

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Education Week publishes commentary by Biddle

Education Week published the commentary “How education is failing rural America,” by Catharine Biddle, an assistant professor of educational leadership at the University of Maine, and Daniella Hall, a postdoctoral fellow at the Northwestern University School of Education and Social Policy.

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