Welcome to the Maine Higher Education Council Website

The Maine Higher Education Council (MHEC) is an association of the
presidents or chief executive officer's of Maine's colleges
and universities, the Chancellor of the University of Maine System,
the President of Maine Community College System, and the
Commissioner of the Maine Department of Education.

Next Event
2011 Annual Meeting
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Senator Inn, Augusta, Maine
Guest Speakers:
Hon. Paul LePage, Governor - "Higher Education and Maine's Economy"
Stephen Bowen, Commissioner of Education -
"The Interface Between K-12 and Higher Education"
Laurie Lachance, CEO and President, Maine Development Foundation -
"The Maine Development Foundation Employers' Initiative"

Recent Events

Thank you to all who attended!

2011 Retreat
March 23-24, 2011
Senator Inn, Augusta, Maine

Guest Speakers:
Gregory Powell, Chairman - Harold Alfond Foundation
Michael Dubyak, Chairman and CEO - Wright Express

"The Role of Higher Education in the Economic Development of Maine"

Executive Committee 2010-11

Chair: Allyson Hughes Handley (Univ. of Maine Augusta)
Vice Chair: Danielle Ripich (Univ. of New England)
Secretary-Treasurer: Charles Lyons (York County Community College)
Members At Large: Wilson Hess (Univ. Maine Ft. Kent)
Donald Tuski (Maine College of Art)
Past Chairman: Len Tyler (Maine Maritime Academy-retired)

Executive Director
Louise Berlin
Maine Higher Education Council
45 Eastern Promenade #10H
Portland, Maine 04101
(207) 329-4274
email:  louise@collegeinmaine.org

Organization
Members (MS Word)
Bylaws (MS Word)
Intent to Plan - directions and form (MS Word)

Past Presentations:

2010 MHEC Annual Meeting, Senator Inn, Augusta

Presentations

Wanda Monthey: DOE, Team Leader Policy Director, Race To The Top

Wade E. Merritt: Maine International Trade Center, Vice President,

International Student Recruitment

2010 Legislative Breakfast, Senator Inn, Augusta
2010 Photo Presentation (Power Point)

2009 Annual Meeting, Senator Inn, Augusta
Jack and Linda McGuire, McGuire Associates
Optimizing Enrollment & Retention - A New Formula for Enrollment Management (Power Point)

2009 Legislative Breakfast Presentation
George Spann, MHEC Chair
Economic Contribution Today and Intellectual Contribution for Tomorrow (Power Point)

Maine Higher Education Council Meeting - Nov. 7, 2008 (Power Point)
Workforce Demographics, Demand for Skills and the Labor Market Challenges Ahead for Higher Education.

2008 Legislative Breakfast Presentation
Jim Ortiz, MHEC Chair
Maine's Colleges & Universities: Meeting the Needs of Maine People (Power Point)

2007 Fall Retreat
Kent Jarrell, APCO Worldwide
Communicating in the Midst of Campus Crisis (Power Point)

Jamie Lewis Keith, VP and General Counsel, University of Florida
Preparing For A Crisis On Campus: Legal Perspectives on Students At Risk and Managing Related Liability (Power Point)

Ann Franke, President, Wise Results, LLC
Preparing for a Crisis on Campus Today

2007 Legislative Breakfast
Richard Cost, MHEC Chair
College in Maine: Smarter Maine People, Better Maine Jobs, Brighter Maine Future

2006 Fall Retreat
Heidi Farber, MHEC Executive Director
College Readiness – National Efforts, State Efforts, and the Role of
Maine’s Colleges and Universities (Power point)

2006 Annual Meeting
Dora Ann Mills – Director, Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention
Pandemic Influenza/Avian Influenza (Power point)

2005 Fall Retreat
Margaret McKenna, M.D. – Harvard University Health Service
College Mental Health (Power point)

2005 Annual Meeting
Laurie Lachance – Maine Development Foundation
Demographic Challenges/Economic Opportunities for Maine’s
Higher Education System (Power point)

2005 Annual Meeting
Higher Education and the Maine Economy (Adobe PDF)

2004 Fall Retreat
Colleen Rowley – FBI
Balancing Civil Liberties With the Need for Effective Investigation (Adobe PDF)

2003 Annual Meeting
Marc Rosenbaum – EnergySmiths
High Performance Buildings – A Great Fit for Higher Education (Power point)

2003 Legislative Breakfast
Charles Lyons, MHEC Chair
Higher Education: A Leading Industry in Maine’s Economy;
An Important Investment in Maine’s Future (Power point)