In collaboration with the Higher Learning Commission (HLC), the Vera Institute of Justice created this guidebook for accreditors and their peer reviewers, providing insight into the unique context and goals of postsecondary education in correctional facilities.
This webinar spotlights Manufacturing Extension Partnerships (MEP) Centers. These centers, which currently operate in all 50 states and Puerto Rico, connect individuals reentering their community with employment in manufacturing.
A meta-analysis of 37 years of research (1980-2017) on correctional education and applied meta-analytic techniques.
This resource discusses a meta-analysis of 18 eligible studies of educational interventions implemented within juvenile correctional facilities.
An article reviewing key findings from a review of correctional education programs for incarcerated adults and juveniles. The study included a meta-analysis of CE's effects on the post-release recidivism and employment rates of incarcerated adults, as well as a synthesis of evidence on CE programs for juveniles.
An infographic outlining key findings from a RAND report titled "Evaluating the Effectiveness of Correctional Education."
This is a blog post advocating for an equitable, student-centered technology ecosystem for correctional education. A U.S. Department of Education resource is referenced at the end of the post.
The Reentry Education Tool Kit was created by RTI International with support from the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education (OCTAE), to help education providers and their partners create a reentry education continuum in their communities.
This study examines how academic achievement—measured as verbal and math performance—is associated with prison programming and reentry.
Drawing on past RAND research on correctional education and focusing on the Second Chance Pell Experimental Sites Initiative and the Pathways from Prison to Postsecondary Education initiative in North Carolina, this Perspective summarizes research on the effectiveness of educational programs in helping to reduce recidivism, key lessons learned in providing college programs to incarcerated adults, and remaining issues that need to be addressed, including how to ensure long-term funding of in-prison college programs and the need for an outcomes evaluation to learn from the Experimental…
