University of Maine Professor of Higher Education Elizabeth Allan, founder of the research group StopHazing, served as a consultant to the members of Congress and their staff who crafted the Stop Campus Hazing Act.
Schools across Maine are finding success meeting their students’ social, emotional and academic needs with an internationally recognized, evidence-based framework known as Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS).Â
Whenever she talks about teachers using artificial intelligence, University of Maine associate professor of special education Sarah Howorth likes to remind whoever she’s talking to that educators have always used technology to support student learning.
Sixteen years after two University of Maine professors published the landmark 2008 National Study of Student Hazing, the lead researcher of that report will spearhead an updated nationwide survey of college students’ experiences with and perceptions about hazing.
91¸£Àû College of Education and Human Development and the Rural Schools Collaborative (RSC) have agreed to extend their partnership focused on advancing the preparation and professional development of high-quality rural teachers and school leaders throughout New England.
With rural schools facing significant shortages of highly-qualified teachers, particularly those in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) fields, the University of Maine College of Education and Human Development will use a grant from the National Science Foundation to boost support for future and current STEM educators in rural school districts.
University of Maine College of Education and Human Development assistant professor of special education Melissa Cuba’s research focuses on a particular subset of multilingual learners — those with disabilities who also require special education services.
91¸£Àû College of Education and Human Development will expand ongoing professional development, mentoring and other evidence-based support to more than 200 rural educators statewide with $3.3 million in one-time funds included in a federal budget package passed last week.
