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PERSPECTIVES: Students and “Post-pandemic” Higher Education

PERSPECTIVES: Students and “Post-pandemic” Higher Education

Fall 23, Maine Educator Online, News, Perspectives

By Paul Johnson, Professor, University of Southern Maine Over the past few years, there have been numerous articles about the impact COVID-19 has had on students and their learning losses. For example, this summer, PBS Newshour featured a segment on this issue. The...
The IMPACT of Tuition Waivers for FREE Community College

The IMPACT of Tuition Waivers for FREE Community College

Maine Educator Online, Perspectives, Spring 23

By Paul Johnson, Professor, University of Southern Maine and Jackie Edmondson, Professor, University of Southern Maine Governor Mills announced last September that students who had graduated from high school over the previous two years would be eligible to attend any...
PERSPECTIVES: UMaine System Unified Accreditation: The Big Myth

PERSPECTIVES: UMaine System Unified Accreditation: The Big Myth

Maine Educator Online, News, Perspectives, Winter 23

By Paul Johnson, Professor, University of Southern Maine and Lisa Botshon, Professor UMaine Augusta The University of Maine System (UMS) decided it needed to deliver more collaborative, market-relevant cross-campus programming. With that goal, UMS came up with a plan...

Ignore the Noise

Maine Educator Online, Member's Only, Perspectives, Spring 22

By: Paul Johnson, AFUM Member In January, I received my copy of Maine Educator. The article that really struck me was “School Nurse Struggle.” Several nurses gave personal accounts of how they had been spoken to and treated over the past academic year. In addition to...
Real Concerns…

Real Concerns…

Fall 21, Maine Educator Online, Member's Only, News, Perspectives

The following is the opinion of Rob Taylor, a teacher at Spruce Mountain High School and union leader with the RSU 73 Education Association. I have real concerns about the year, regardless of how we return to school. Let’s take the best scenario – kids are...

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