Allan speaks with Diverse about hazing in higher education
Elizabeth Allan, a professor of higher education at the University of Maine and president of StopHazing.org, was quoted in the Diverse: Issues in Higher Education article, “Educators say there’s much work ahead on hazing issue.” “Attention is growing, but we still need much more understanding and awareness,” Allan said, adding we are “still in the nascent stages” of getting hazing addressed as much as other forms of harm such as bullying. She said more higher learning institutions are directing more of their attention to hazing practices. UMaine also is one of eight colleges and universities across the nation that have organized the Hazing Prevention Consortium, a three-year project aimed at putting together an “evidence” base for “hazing prevention” on college campuses, according to the article.