With generous support from Ascendium Education Group and over ten years of experience facilitating college programming in Tennessee’s prisons, THEI has created Navigating Forward, a collection of clear, digestible, and comprehensive college navigation materials explicitly designed for learners in the carceral context, with special consideration for the unique challenges and needs of Prison Education Program (PEP) students. Each collection comprises individual resources that can stand alone or be shared collectively. A Glossary of Terms also accompanies the three collections…
On September 30, 2024, Ithaka S+R released a new research report exploring how colleges and community organizations partner to provide reentry services.
The following text was posted on the Ithaka S+R blog to announce publication.
When revised federal Pell Grant regulations went into effect in July of 2023, one of the provisions stipulated that college in prison programs would be obliged to document how they provide reentry services…
Date: Thursday, September 19, 2024
Start time: 12:30 p.m. ET
Duration: 90 minutes
Price: Free to all
Registration link: https://event.on24.com/wcc/r/4698694/91D05DA347F67CA71F98DF536D9CCA27
Description:
At the NASFAA Breaking Barriers: Bridging Worlds in Prison Education and Student Advising convening in June 2024, the National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC) led a panel discussion exploring questions and practices in recruiting and admissions…
Date: Friday, September 13, 2024
Start time: 2:30 p.m. ET
Duration: 90 minutes
Price: Free to all
Presenters: Sheila Meiman, Dr. Paula Pitcher, and Dr. Wendy Troxel
Registration link: https://event.on24.com/wcc/r/4698549/1521A938619C03D5EA7F863C93F07BF0
Description: This session, sponsored by the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA), is designed for anyone involved in supporting students who are incarcerated, such…
Our mission at the American Institutes for Research® (AIR®) is to generate and use rigorous evidence that contributes to a better, more equitable world. In partnership with Ascendium, we are embarking on an initiative that promises to benefit the field of higher education in prison through the release of open resources and opportunities for shared learning.
We have issued a Request for Proposals that invites Higher Education in Prison (HEP) programs to submit a proposal that addresses high-leverage technical assistance needs in the field. Selected grantees…
This research paper examines the development and administration of Hudson Link for Higher Education in Prison, an in-prison college program run and staffed primarily by its own formerly incarcerated graduates. This paper also explores the impact of lived experience on managing and teaching in the program, as well as strategies for academic partners looking to best support interventions led by those who are closest to the problem and, in turn, closest to the solution.
The annual newsletter from the State University of New York's Office of Higher Education in Prison (SUNY HEP) details SUNY HEP programs and degrees, and includes an interview with Chancellor John King Jr., graduation highlights, and alumni and faculty highlights.
This series of essays from the State University of New York (SUNY) showcases the stories of SUNY students and others connected to higher education in prison—stories that inspire, challenge, and enrich their communities. By sharing these lived experiences, SUNY aims to illuminate the broader significance of prison education programs and garner the support needed to expand SUNY's exceptional offerings, ensuring equitable access to higher education for all incarcerated individuals.
This book finds that the current measures of success for individuals released from prison are inadequate. The use of recidivism rates to evaluate post-release success ignores significant research on how and why individuals cease to commit crimes, as well as the important role of structural factors in shaping post-release outcomes. This book highlights the unique and essential insights held by those who have experienced incarceration and proposes that the development and implementation of new measures of post-release success would significantly benefit from active engagement with…
The 2023 Colby College Justice Think Tank included 12 scholars from across all five Maine prisons, selected through a competitive application process and provided a stiped by the Alliance for Higher Education in Prison. During 2023, the Justice Think Tank Fellows conducted a research project of their own design, supported by Colby faculty and staff "walkalongs" who helped with document access, interview arrangements, and general support. The selected topic for 2023 was the restorative alternatives that Maine could develop to keep emerging adults out of the criminal legal system, that could…
