HEP Program Operations

The Understanding the Landscape of Higher Education Prison Survey (Landscape Survey) was designed as a confidential follow-up to the 2020 Annual Survey of Higher Education in Prison Programs (2020 Annual Survey), distributed by the Alliance for Higher Education in Prison. The Landscape Survey contained 93 questions designed to collect both descriptive and open-ended responses from participants about their college-in-prison programs during the 2018/2019 academic year.

This survey was designed as a confidential follow-up to the 2020 Annual Survey of Higher Education in Prison.

Student handbook: 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, by correspondence.

Student handbook: 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.

Student handbook: The mission of Feather River College's Incarcerated Student Program is to offer a high-quality, transferable associate degree in liberal arts to a diverse incarcerated student population. The college's mission is to also offer life skills courses that culminate in an entrepreneurial business certificate. The program will enhance personal development and rehabilitation through an effective learning process that helps students to attain their goals, thereby increasing their self-worth, confidence, and employment opportunities. The program will encourage students'…

This resource is the CIU Prison Initiative Student Handbook.

Volunteer handbook: 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.

Volunteer handbook: This program serves adult women, with no college credit or non-credit offerings. Instruction is on-site, face-to-face, and remote.

Volunteer handbook: 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.

Staff handbook: Tennessee Higher Education Initiative disrupts systems of harm, 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.