This is an evaluation of the Prison University Project (PUP) at San Quentin State Prison, which is an accredited college program administered through Patten University. It offers an associate's degree in liberal arts to prisoners with high school degrees or GEDs.
The Higher Education in Prison Key Performance Indicator Framework is designed to help HEP programs measure the impact they have on students, institutions, facilities, and communites by including indicators that help measure student success outcomes, academic quality, civic engagement, and soft skill development.
This report seeks to expand college opportunities for currently and formerly incarcerated students in California.
This study is a longitudinal, mixed-methods effort to document the effects of participation in the college program at San Quentin State Prison. The college program is administered by a non-profit called the Prison University Project, and has served thousands of incarcerated individuals since its founding.
This is a research paper describing the Prison University Project. The Prison University Project (PUP) at San Quentin State Prison, an accredited college program administered through Patten University, offers an associate's degree in liberal arts to prisoners with high school degrees or GEDs.
The campus scan is an examination of the policies and practices of campus units with which formerly incarcerated individuals are likely to have contact. This document seeks to better understand the obstacles and challenges formerly incarcerated people (FIP) may have in navigating campus, and where on campus they are likely to encounter resources, support, and points of encouragement.
This one-page document discusses how to measure success in prison higher education programs.
This resource discusses research on the importance on in-person instruction in prison higher education programs.
This FAQ document describes higher education in prison in Illinois.
Established in 2019, the Journal of Higher Education in Prison is the only open-access, peer-reviewed journal that publishes exclusively on topics and issues affecting the field of higher education in prison. Our goal is for the journal to serve as a tool to facilitate conversation on theory, praxis, and teaching and learning in prison.
