How will Maine law enforcement agencies be involved with students as they progress through the program?
The success of the program depends heavily on the support of Maine law enforcement agencies well beyond the obvious hiring of graduates.Thomas College will be establishing an Advisory Board for the Criminal Justice Administration program, and representatives of law enforcement agencies will be invited to serve on this Board, along with students in the program and Thomas College faculty and administrators. We also anticipate participation by members of the law enforcement community as guest lecturers in classes held on campus.Thomas College has strong ties to the community outside the classroom, and we have dozens of speakers on campus each semester, including participants in the Trailblazer and Entrepreneurship 2000 lecture series. We are anticipating a large number of law enforcement professionals will come forward to share their expertise and experience with students in the program. Job shadowing early in a student’s academic career is an excellent means of determining that a particu
