MDRC, a nonpartisan - nonprofit research organization, is currently hiring for entry level research positions. Learn more about the positions here: https://secure6.saashr.com/ta/6162152.careers?CareersSearch=&InFrameset=0&HostedBy=www.mdrc.org&lang=en-US. There is a possibility of being able to work on our HEP portfolio but the bulk of the role would be related to other topics.
If you have questions, feel free to reach out to me:…
With generous funding from the ECMC Foundation, the Colorado Coalition for Higher Education in Prison (C-CHEP) has produced a research study of HEP coalitions. The report draws upon interviews with 33 leaders from statewide alliances, national advocacy groups, and leading HEP practitioners. Produced in collaboration with incarcerated and formerly incarcerated students, the report offers a nuanced dive into the opportunities, challenges, and joys of building education-based coalitions rooted in a commitment to social justice.
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:…
Hello there! I am a doctoral student, currently in the process of completing my dissertation. I'm still in the data-gathering phase, and I'm looking for more participants. I'm studying rehumanization in folks who have just begun their reentry process. My criteria are that they were incarcerated for 10+ years and have reentered within the last 2 years. I have a flyer that I have attached to post. Please reach out if you have any questions! And please feel free to send any potential participants my way!
Earning a postsecondary credential is a critical pathway to economic success. However, for more than 70 million people with a history of arrest, conviction, or incarceration, involvement in the criminal legal system results in a series of collateral consequences that limit their upward economic mobility. Limited access to education is one of these consequences. For decades, individuals who were incarcerated were not eligible for Pell Grants, a form of federal financial aid to help eligible students pay for college. As a result, higher education in prison was rare.…
Please see the just-released special issue of Liminalities dedicated to Performance Praxis in Carceral Spaces. Edited by Kamran Afary, Greg Langner, and Allen Burnett, the issue centers performance as survival, disruption, and collective imagining across carceral contexts.
Founded in 2005, Liminalities: A Journal of Performance Studies is an open-access, peer-reviewed multimedia publication that addresses three needs in performance studies scholarship and practice: 1) expanding opportunities to share peer-reviewed work, 2) creating a space for the…
Developed by the Life University Center for Compassion, Integrity, and Secular Ethics (CCISE), this resource manual offers guidelines for practice and trains readers to use a secular ethics approach to cultivating personal, social, and environmental flourishing. Compassionate Integrity Training (CIT) is a multi-part training program that cultivates basic human values as skills for the purpose of increasing individual, social, and environmental flourishing. By covering a range of skills from self-regulation and self-compassion to compassion for others and engagement with complex…
A slideshow on effective pedagogy, culturally responsive teaching, and trauma informed practices developed by Saint Louis University Program Director, Christopher Grabau, PhD.
Also attached to this resource are training worksheets designed to be used alongside the slideshow.
San Francisco Public Library’s Jail and Reentry Services librarians and information workers conducted a literature review of
academic articles, books and book chapters, and popular materials related to this topic published from January of 2020 to December of 2022.
A growing body of research documents the barriers faced by incarcerated students—such as limited access to technology and conflicts with correctional staff—but far less attention has been paid to the role of the built environment in shaping educational experiences. This project, led by Ennead Lab and Ithaka S+R, examines how spatial, architecture, and design features impact learning inside prisons. It draws on qualitative interviews with formerly incarcerated students and prison education program staff, and site visits to five correctional facilities, to advance both research findings and…
