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Resilience Education: Darden Prison Reentry Entrepreneurial Program & Columbia Business School Reentry Acceleration Program Curriculum

Curriculum overview: At Resilience Education (RE), our mission is to reduce recidivism by improving employment outcomes and reentry success for incarcerated and formerly incarcerated individuals through high-quality business education. This program serves adult men, with non-credit offerings. Instruction is on-site, face-to-face and remote.

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Prison-to-College Pipeline (P2CP) Program Curriculum

Curriculum overview: As a champion of institutional, structural, and personal transformation, the Institute opens doors and eliminates barriers to success for people who have been involved in the criminal legal system. We create access to higher education and pathways to satisfying careers. We advocate for the right to housing, employment, healthcare, and other human rights too often denied people with criminal convictions. This program serves adult men, with college credit offerings. Instruction is on-site, face-to-face and remote.

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North Carolina Field Minister Program Curriculum

Curriculum overview: The mission of the North Carolina Field Minister Program is to educate and equip men of faith to serve as cultural assets within the incarcerated population of North Carolina. This program serves adult men, with college credit offerings. Instruction is on-site, face-to-face and remote.

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Florida Prison Education Project Annual Report Presentation

Annual report presentation: The Florida Prison Education Project provides educational opportunities to incarcerated and formerly-incarcerated people in Florida, researches the societal benefits of prison education and integrates the study of justice into the University of Central Florida curriculum.
This program serves adult men, with non-credit offerings. Instruction is on-site, face-to-face and remote.

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Colorado Department of Corrections Education Programs Annual Report

Annual report: Assist in reducing recidivism by 1) Providing outcome and evidence-based Academic, Social Science, and Career and Technical Education programs and 2) Ensuring that students obtain marketable job skills prior to community re-entry. This program serves adult men, with college credit and non-credit offerings. Instruction is on-site, face-to-face and remote.

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Colorado Department of Corrections Education Programs Annual Report

Annual report: Assist in reducing recidivism by 1) Providing outcome and evidence-based Academic, Social Science, and Career and Technical Education programs and 2) Ensuring that students obtain marketable job skills prior to community re-entry. This program serves adult men, with college credit and non-credit offerings. Instruction is on-site, face-to-face and remote.

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Rehabilitation Through The Arts (RTA) Bylaws

Bylaws: RTA uses the transformative power of the arts to help people in prison develop skills to unlock their potential and succeed in the larger community.
This program serves adult women, with no college credit or non-credit offerings. Instruction is on-site, face-to-face and remote.

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In-Demand Occupations for Prior Justice-Involved

This guide from the College System of Tennessee seeks to offer guidance and dispel myths regarding occupational licensure both for prior justice-involved students as well as stakeholders such as advisors, college personnel, and others who may act as gatekeepers to these various occupations.

While this guide is not comprehensive, it does present licensure pathways and information for 12 in-demand occupations requiring licensure in Tennessee.

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The Chillon Project at Life University Admissions Application

Admissions application: The Chillon Project at Life University provides credit-bearing classes and degrees to people in prison and formerly incarcerated people in Georgia; creates learning communities grounded in principles of compassion and conflict transformation; and shares resources and builds skills that enable people to thrive, benefit others, and build the world they wish to see, no matter where they are. This program serves adult women, with college credit offerings. Instruction is on-site, face-to-face.

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Boston University Prison Education Program Admissions Application

Admissions application: At Boston University, we believe in the power of education to elevate, nurture, and transform. While all college students grow as they engage in new ways of thinking, the impact of education is especially evident within the prison system.
This program serves adult men, with college credit offerings. Instruction is on-site, face-to-face.

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University of Denver Prison Arts Initiative Annual Report

Annual report: The DU Prison Arts Initiative generates creative and collaborative learning experiences that enrich the lives of incarcerated people and shift the conversation about prison. We create high-quality therapeutic arts programming across Colorado. This program serves adult men, with non-credit offerings. Instruction is on-site, face-to-face.

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University Beyond Bars Annual Report

Annual report: University Beyond Bars (UBB) empowers prisoners to fulfill their potential through communities of higher learning that transcend prison walls. We seek to break cycles of incarceration, strengthen families and communities, confront racism and classism, and promote personal achievement and social reintegration by providing transformational education opportunities.
This program serves adult men, with college credit and non-credit offerings.

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The Petey Greene Program Annual Report

Annual report: The Petey Greene Program supplements education in jails, prisons, detention centers, and reentry programs by providing free, high-quality tutoring and related programming to support the academic achievement of incarcerated and formerly incarcerated people. The Petey Greene Program also educates its volunteers--college students and community members--about the injustice manifest in our carceral system, and we strive to inspire our alumni--both students and tutors--to become advocates and take on leadership roles that reimagine the criminal legal system. This program serves juvenile men, with non-credit offerings. Instruction is on-site, face-to-face and remote.

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STEP-UP Program at Shasta College Annual Report

Annual report: STEP-UP's mission is to provide academic, logistical, and limited financial support for students who have been formerly incarcerated and/or have suffered from alcohol or drug addiction. This program serves adult men and women, with college credit and non-credit offerings. Instruction is on-site, face-to-face.

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Rehabilitation Through The Arts (RTA) Annual Report

Annual report: RTA uses the transformative power of the arts to help people in prison develop skills to unlock their potential and succeed in the larger community. This program serves adult women, with no college credit or non-credit offerings. Instruction is on-site, face-to-face and remote.

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Self-Paced Program at Upper Iowa University Admissions Application

Admissions application: The Self-Paced Program, offered in both paper and web-based formats, is specifically designed to make learning as flexible as possible. A wide variety of courses is available and you can take up to six months to complete each course. Students can complete degrees at the associate and bachelor's levels. This program serves adult men, with college credit offerings. Instruction is on-site, face-to-face and remote.

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Second Chance Program at Wor-Wic Community College Admissions Guide

Admissions guide: The mission of the Second Chance Program at Wor-Wic Community College is to increase access to post-secondary education for individuals incarcerated at Eastern Correctional Institution in order to reduced recidivism and to encourage positive educational, professional, financial, and personal outcomes post-release. This program serves adult men, with no college credit or non-credit offerings. Instruction is on-site, face-to-face.

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North Park's School of Restorative Arts Admissions Application

Admissions application: North Park University offers a Master of Arts in Christian Ministry/Restorative Arts through the School of Restorative Arts (SRA) to incarcerated and free persons. The degree is for servant leaders interested in seminary-level theological training who desire to do restorative justice ministry in contexts that are susceptible to conflict or violence.

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North Carolina Field Minister Program Admissions Application

Admission application: The mission of the North Carolina Field Minister Program is to educate and equip men of faith to serve as cultural assets within the incarcerated population of North Carolina. This program serves adult men, with college credit offerings. Instruction is on-site, face-to-face and remote.

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Institute for Educational Empowerment at Miami Dade College Admissions Application

Admissions application: The Institute for Educational Empowerment (IEE) brings the mission and vision of Miami Dade College to an underserved population right in our very community who reside in correctional institutions in South Florida. This program serves adult men, with college credit offerings. Instruction is on-site, face-to-face and remote.

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Campus Within Walls Admissions Application

Admissions application: SVCC's Campus Within Walls program provides second chances through higher education to incarcerated students. Through college education, Campus Within Walls provides our students with the tools they need to successfully re-enter society and become productive citizens.
This program serves adult men, with college credit offerings.

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Equity and Excellence in Practice: A Guide for Higher Education in Prisons Full Report

In December 2017, Lumina Foundation provided support to the Prison University Project (PUP) and the Alliance for Higher Education in Prison (the Alliance) to reflect upon and document the key characteristics of high-quality prison higher education programs, and to inform other stakeholders in the field, including new and experienced practitioners seeking to achieve equity and excellence in their work, policy leaders, philanthropy, and others. The main practical goal of this report is to provide a summary of what we (the authors) believe are the most essential components of a high quality in-prison higher education program.

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The Chillon Project at Life University - Curriculum/Degree Overview

The Chillon Project at Life University provides credit-bearing classes and degrees to people in prison and formerly incarcerated people in Georgia; creates learning communities grounded in principles of compassion and conflict transformation; and shares resources and builds skills that enable people to thrive, benefit others, and build the world they wish to see, no matter where they are.

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Tennessee Higher Education Initiative Admissions Application

Admissions application: Tennessee Higher Education Initiative disrupts systems of harm, creates opportunities for autonomy and success through education, support, and advocacy with and for justice impacted individuals. This program serves adult men, with college credit offerings. Instruction is on-site, face-to-face and remote.