This webpage includes links to each HEP newsletter.
This communication plan is intended to help the Alliance's board and staff deliver timely, relevant, and engaging information to its members and the public. By delivering consistent and engaging communication, the Alliance hopes to inspire more people to join its collaborative and inclusive work. This plan is a living document that will change over time as the organization grows. The plan aligns public outreach activities with the goals, objectives, and key communication messages of the organization.
This strategic plan outlines the core projects that fall under each of the Alliance's focus areas—Building Community, Producing Knowledge, Supporting Quality Practice, Shaping Dialogue, and Ensuring Sustainability—and the impact the Alliance seeks to have in these areas.
This document consists of two types of pages:
1. Instructional pages like this one with a grey bar along the left margin explain how to use the toolkit, provide guidance about how to conduct a strategic planning process, and describe how the output of your process might look.
2. Worksheet pages provide space to write. The worksheet pages have page numbers in the bottom corner that correspond to the document’s pre-formatted table of contents. You can type your responses into the spaces provided in the PDF worksheet pages. When the PDF is completed electronically, you will have…
The overall purpose of NCHEP is to provide an annual opportunity for the higher education in prison community to gather and mobilize the talent, resources, and energy needed to expand access to quality higher education and academic reentry support services to incarcerated and formerly incarcerated people.
This Exit Report offers the full portrait and findings of the 2018 NCHEP conference experience.
The annual NCHEP Exit Report has become, since 2017, one of the primary ways in which the Alliance for Education in Prison reviews, assesses, and prepares the groundwork for planning the National Conference for Higher Education in Prison. The Exit Report additionally serves as an opportunity to reflect on the current state of the field of higher education in prison and to make observations about its future trajectory.
This report details the higher education in prison community’s experiences with its first-ever “virtual” conference, featuring daily presentations hosted online via Zoom March 1-5, 2021, and under the theme “Amplifying Access.” Since first hosting the annual conference in 2017, the Alliance for Higher Education in Prison has published an Exit Report as part of its reporting in the days and weeks following the annual National Conference on Higher Education in Prison. The annual Exit Report presents an opportunity for both reflecting on the state of the field of higher education in prison,…
The annual NCHEP Exit Report has evolved, since 2017, to serve as one of the primary ways in which the Alliance for Education in Prison reviews, assesses, and prepares the groundwork for planning the NCHEP. The Exit Report offers a recurring opportunity to reflect on the current state of the field of higher education in prison, and to make observations about the field’s future trajectory. It provides an important sense of history and context for the conference, while enabling a sense of accountability in planning as the field continues to evolve.
The Alliance for Higher Education in Prison’s First Annual Report introduces the reader to its mission, goals, values, and everyday work. It also orients the reader to its many ongoing projects, as well as the many people who make the Alliance what it is. This First Annual Report covers the Alliance for Higher Education in Prison’s broader operations for the fiscal calendar year between July 1, 2020, and June 30, 2021.
