Elizabeth Allan, professor of higher education leadership at the University of Maine, joined reporter Joey Hudson on The Mike Gallagher Show to talk about her work at the Hazing Prevention Research Lab and the need to gather data to better understand hazing that takes place in schools and on college campuses. The interview segment was […]
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For rural schools across the nation, teacher shortages and other workforce issues are a pressing concern. While all schools deal with these problems on some level, they are magnified in rural areas, where the pool of potential teachers is smaller, and especially in places where the economy and pay for public school educators have lagged […]
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In the late 1950s, Joan Alexander was studying at the University of Maine in hopes of becoming a teacher. At the time, career options for women were limited to education, English and home economics. Yet Alexander was prevented from earning her degree because she wasn’t allowed to student teach while pregnant. In addition to her […]
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WGME (FOX 23 in Portland) interviewed Tammy Mills, senior lecturer of education in the University of Maine College of Education and Human Development, on using AI in the classroom. “This is going to be the way going forward in the world in some way, shape or form,” Mills said. “So, to not allow AI in […]
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Elizabeth Allan, professor of higher education at the University of Maine, co-authored an opinion piece in The Post and Courier, a Charleston-based newspaper, titled “New data show SC’s hazing problem is broader than you think.”
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WGME (CBS 13 in Portland) interviewed Elizabeth Allan, professor of higher education at the University of Maine, about the Hazing Prevention Research Lab and recent hazing incidents involving high school sports teams in Maine.
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Catherine Biddle, associate professor of educational leadership at the University of Maine, spoke with NPR about how school-based mental health services in Maine can benefit students, particularly when their families struggle to access private care. Biddle, who studies rural education, said families in the state frequently encounter long waitlists for private mental health services for […]
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The Bangor Daily News, Portland Press Herald, News Center Maine, WABI (Channel 5) and WFVX (Channel 7) reported on the 2025 University of Maine commencement ceremonies. The Calais Advertiser and Machias Valley News Observer highlighted the commencement ceremony at UMaine Machias.
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In a story about Mt. Ararat High School’s efforts to combat hazing following incidents involving its boy’s hockey team, the Portland Press Herald interviewed Elizabeth Allan, professor of higher education leadership at the University of Maine and co-founder of the group StopHazing. The district in which the school resides, School Administrative District (SAD) 75, plans […]
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Elizabeth Allan, professor of higher education leadership at the University of Maine, spoke with CNN and Spectrum News 1 in Syracuse, New York, as well as wrote an opinion piece for Syracuse.com about the hazing incident last week at Westhill High School in Syracuse. “Very, very few report it and also very few, only about […]
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