Curriculum overview: The Emerson Prison Initiative (EPI) provides a BA in Media, Literature, and Culture program to people incarcerated in Massachusetts. EPI's mission is to democratize access to tertiary education for those who have been historically marginalized or otherwise unable to attend college. EPI aims to offer courses that are as similar as possible to our traditional Boston campus. We aspire to equip all students, whether they are on the Boston campus or in prison, with critical thinking and communication skills in order for them to engage, critique, and transform the world around them. This program serves adult men, with college credit offerings. Instruction is on-site, face-to-face, and remote.

This is the CIU Prison Initiative Curriculum.

Curriculum overview: Breaking into Print is designed for incarcerated students to work one-on-one with their instructors through correspondence. The average student takes about 276 hours to complete all assignments. Although most students complete this course in 18 months, IFW allows up to 2 years to complete Breaking into Print. Instruction is remote, correspondence.

Curriculum overview: Augustana College, deeply rooted in the liberal arts and sciences and an inclusive expression of Lutheran higher education, is committed to offering a challenging education that develops the qualities of mind, spirit and body necessary for students to discern their life's calling of leadership and service in a diverse and changing world. This program serves adult men, with no college credit or non-credit offerings. Instruction is on-site, face-to-face.

Curriculum overview: 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.

Curriculum/degree overview: The Self-Paced Program, offered in both paper- and web-based formats, is specifically designed to make learning as flexible as possible. A wide variety of courses is available, and you can take up to six months to complete each course. Students can complete degrees at the associate and bachelor's levels. This program serves adult men, with college credit offerings. Instruction is on-site, face-to-face, and remote.

Curriculum overview: The mission of the Second Chance Program at Wor-Wic Community College is to increase access to postsecondary education for individuals incarcerated at Eastern Correctional Institution in order to reduce recidivism and to encourage positive educational, professional, financial, and personal outcomes post-release. This program serves adult men, with no college credit or non-credit offerings. Instruction is on-site, face-to-face.

Curriculum overview: The Prison Education Program at Saint Louis University is a Jesuit-inspired initiative that provides access to high-quality liberal arts education for people who are incarcerated and prison staff.

Curriculum overview: At Resilience Education (RE), the mission is to reduce recidivism by improving employment outcomes and reentry success for incarcerated and formerly incarcerated individuals through high-quality business education. This program serves adult men, with non-credit offerings. Instruction is on-site, face-to-face, and remote.

Curriculum overview: As a champion of institutional, structural, and personal transformation, the Institute opens doors and eliminates barriers to success for people who have been involved in the criminal legal system. The Institute creates access to higher education and pathways to satisfying careers. It advocates for the right to housing, employment, healthcare, and other human rights too often denied people with criminal convictions. This program serves adult men, with college credit offerings. Instruction is on-site, face-to-face, and remote.

Curriculum overview: Blackstone Career Institute is committed to providing quality, relevant, and affordable distance education programs that focus on the knowledge and skills needed for entry-level careers, professional development or personal goals. Instruction is remote, correspondence.

Curriculum overview: The mission of the North Carolina Field Minister Program is to educate and equip men of faith to serve as cultural assets within the incarcerated population of North Carolina. This program serves adult men, with college credit offerings. Instruction is on-site, face-to-face, and remote.

This resource is an annual report for the Georgetown University Prison Scholars Program.

Annual report presentation: The Florida Prison Education Project provides educational opportunities to incarcerated and formerly incarcerated people in Florida, researches the societal benefits of prison education, and integrates the study of justice into the University of Central Florida curriculum. This program serves adult men, with non-credit offerings. Instruction is on-site, face-to-face, and remote.

Annual report: This program seeks to assist in reducing recidivism by 1) providing outcome and evidence-based Academic, Social Science, and Career and Technical Education programs; and 2) ensuring that students obtain marketable job skills prior to community reentry. This program serves adult men, with college credit and non-credit offerings. Instruction is on-site, face-to-face, and remote.

This document contains the bylaws of the RTA program. RTA uses the transformative power of the arts to help people in prison develop skills to unlock their potential and succeed in the larger community. This program serves adult women, with no college credit or non-credit offerings. Instruction is on-site, face-to-face, and remote.

This guide from the College System of Tennessee seeks to offer guidance and dispel myths regarding occupational licensure both for prior justice-involved students as well as stakeholders such as advisors, college personnel, and others who may act as gatekeepers to these various occupations.

While this guide is not comprehensive, it does present licensure pathways and information for 12 in-demand occupations requiring licensure in Tennessee.

Admissions application: 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.

Admissions application: Boston University believes in the power of education to elevate, nurture, and transform. While all college students grow as they engage in new ways of thinking, the impact of education is especially evident within the prison system. This program serves adult men, with college credit offerings. Instruction is on-site, face-to-face.

Annual report: The DU Prison Arts Initiative generates creative and collaborative learning experiences that enrich the lives of incarcerated people and shift the conversation about prison. We create high-quality therapeutic arts programming across Colorado. This program serves adult men, with non-credit offerings. Instruction is on-site, face-to-face.