HEP Administrators

Rockwood Leadership Institute, in partnership with Ascendium, is excited to announce that applications for the third cohort of the Fellowship for Leaders in Higher Education in Prison are now open! Full tuition and accommodations will be covered by Rockwood and fellows will receive a $5,000 stipend for completing the fellowship, along with up to $5,000 in training-related expense reimbursements (airfare, childcare, etc.).

Apply for the 2026 Fellowship for Leaders in Higher Education in Prison…

Hey RCHEP Community,

Have you learned with FICGN yet? Join us tomorrow for the last HEP Orientation Learning & Feedback Session, where we'll explore the impact of K-12 education on higher ed in prison and reentry success in our "Lessons from Local Leaders" workshop. 

Date: Tuesday, March 3, 2026 

Time: 11am ET/8am PT

Register and Attend:…

Hey RCHEP Community,

Only two sessions left in FICGN's weekly series, “HEP Orientation Tuesdays: Learning & Feedback Sessions”. Join us next week as we explore Undue Familiarity in Higher Ed in Prison Programs in our "Crossing the Lines" workshop.

Date: Tuesday, February 24, 2026 

Time: 11am ET/8am PT

Register and Attend: https://us06web.zoom.us…

Join the next session in FICGN's weekly series, “HEP Orientation Tuesdays: Learning & Feedback Sessions”. 

Date: Tuesday, February 17, 2026 

Time: 11am ET/8am PT

Register and Attend: Count Up

Event Information: This session will explore "a day in the life” of a person experiencing incarceration and pursuing higher education. 

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Hey RCHEP Community,

We are looking forward to the third session in FICGN's weekly series, “HEP Orientation Tuesdays: Learning & Feedback Sessions”. 

Date: Tuesday, February 3, 2026 

Time: 11am ET/8am PT

Register and Attend: Navigating Carceral Spaces

Event Information: This session will explore the evolution of prison design and the spatial…

The Formerly Incarcerated College Graduates Network (FICGN) is inviting members of the RCHEP Community to the second session in our weekly series, “HEP Orientation Tuesdays: Learning & Feedback Sessions”.

Date: Tuesday, January 27, 2026 

Time: 11am ET/8am PT

Register and Attend: Understanding HEP Stakeholders

Event Information:…

The Formerly Incarcerated College Graduates Network (FICGN) is inviting members of the higher education in prison field to participate in a series titled HEP Orientation Tuesdays: Learning & Feedback Sessions this winter.
 

These sessions are designed for HEP practitioners to engage with a module from FICGN’s HEP Orientation—a training developed to support faculty and staff who are new to working inside carceral settings. Equally important, we are seeking feedback from the field. We are eager to learn what resonates, what feels missing, and…

The New England Prison Education Collaborative invites you to the second session in our quarterly virtual workshop series, “Navigating the PEP Approval process: Forming Best Interest Determination (BID) Stakeholder Groups.”  

Date and Time: Wednesday, December 17, 3-4:15 P.M. EDT  

Register here: Navigating the PEP Approval Process: Forming Best Interest Determination (BID) Stakeholder Groups | Meeting-Join |…

Effective December 5, 2025, the reentry guides created by THEI, EJP, and NYPL are all available and searchable on JSTOR Access in Prison. There is a new link on the home page to these resources, so even if full access to JSTOR isn't available inside, if the JSTOR icon is loaded, anyone using the correctional version of JSTOR can access the materials. 

We are seeing close to 2,000 searches daily, which is significant for items that exist outside of the traditional search bar. We are excited to be able to amplify the work being done in reentry, and are hopeful we can expand to…

The Cornell Prison Education Program will be hosting a one-day, pre-NCHEP research symposium designed for researchers and practitioners who study or aspire to study higher education in prison. 

This day-long event will be held in conjunction with the 2025 NCHEP conference on Wednesday, April 8th, 2026, at the Hilton Cleveland Downtown hotel (connected to the Cleveland Convention…