Professor McClure’s research is primarily related to the security and sustainability of current generations through efforts both across the education sector and across other sectors. Contemporary generational policy needs are being felt across states: developing, developed and fragile. In the past, the shapes of generations were assumed. No longer. Today’s educational policy worlds, therefore, need to pay more close attention to issues related to generational succession.

Most recently Maureen headed up a university team for USAID’s five year Decentralized Basic Education (DBE2) project in Indonesia. It established sustainable partnerships with a consortium of rectors in universities in Central Java, South Sulawesi, East Java, West Java, Jakarta, North Sumatra, Banda Aceh and Papua. She urged peer network development support that created strong institutional anchors, both at the university and ministry levels, for foreign aid investments in the education sector. This is due to the increased levels of technical expertise in many ministries and universities. She also stated the important need for the creation of peer-based professional development associations, especially in decentralizing economies. These ‘self-help’ associations, both at the personal and institutional levels, need to be designed at many complex levels: local, national and international. New technologies are now greatly lowering the costs of network construction and maintenance.

This need for a more comprehensive view of the education sector and its support of generational transitions is a common thread in her research, teaching and fieldwork. Also included are the need for peer-based professional development networks and the importance of communications technology.

Website: http://www.education.pitt.edu/people/MaureenMcClure/