In this report, the authors provide a descriptive overview of the landscape of higher education in prison during the 2020-2021 academic year (July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021), based on the responses of known higher education in prison program staff (N=406) to the 2022 Annual Survey of Higher Education in Prison Programs. To the authors' knowledge, the data presented here are the best available information about the state of higher education in prison programming for the 2020-2021 academic year. Data for this report are drawn from responses to the 2022 Annual Survey of Higher Education…
This brief report outlines the potential impacts of Pell restoration on the field of higher education in prison. Using original qualitative data from interviews with 12 higher education in prison programs and quantitative data from a national survey of college programs in prison, the analysis focuses on persistent funding challenges that the Pell Grant alone cannot address. Specifically, it highlights three distinct and pressing challenges for the field of higher education in light of Pell restoration, related to: 1. access to funding other than FAFSA, including college/university specific…
This report offers information about the effects of the COVID-19 crisis on higher education in prison programs. The data used for this report come from two sources: 1) the 2020 Annual Survey of Higher Education in Prison Programs, and 2) the Understanding the Landscape of Higher Education in Prison Programs Survey. These findings are part of an ongoing time-series data collection process that will continue through semi-annual surveys distributed to higher education in prison programs through the United States.
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.
This is a sample memorandum of understanding from the Tennessee Higher Education Initiative. The Tennessee Higher Education Initiative disrupts systems of harm and 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.
This program seeks to establish higher education in prison models to promote the reintegration of incarcerated persons (men and women) into society by fostering their intellectual curiosity; fostering their capacity for critical thinking, constant and ongoing learning, and effective communication skills; fostering an appreciation for and cultivation of ethical and aesthetic values; and providing an education of excellence that offers students a unified vision of knowledge that brings general education and specialization into harmony, and fosters in students a capacity for independent study…
This is an MOU between Denison University's Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program and Southeastern Correctional Institution. The program's purpose is to inspire and educate its students to become autonomous thinkers, discerning moral agents, and active citizens of a democratic society. This program serves adult men, with no college credit or non-credit offerings. Instruction is on-site, face-to-face.
This is an MOU between the Southside Virginia Community College (SVCC) Campus Within Walls program and Virginia's Department of Corrections. SVCC's Campus Within Walls program provides second chances through higher education to incarcerated students. Through college education, Campus Within Walls provides students with the tools they need to successfully re-enter society and become productive citizens. This program serves adult men, with college credit offerings.
This resource provides guidance from public comments about proposed 'best interest of students' metrics for prison higher education.
This brief report outlines the potential impacts of Pell restoration on the field of higher education in prison.
