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Pokornowski, Ess – ITHAKA S+R, 2023
The landscape of higher education in prison programming is in the midst of a sea change. After eight years of the Second Chance Pell experiment, federal Pell grant funding for students who are incarcerated was fully reinstated on July 1, 2023. While Pell reinstatement will likely increase educational access for students who are incarcerated, it…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Higher Education, Correctional Education, Correctional Institutions
Pokornowski, Ess – ITHAKA S+R, 2023
In Fall of 2022, Ithaka S+R launched a first-of-its-kind national survey on technology access in higher education in prison programs. The survey asked respondents about student access to technology in their Higher Education in Prison (HEP) program, focusing on four thematic areas: technological devices, learning management systems and software,…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Higher Education, Correctional Education, Correctional Institutions
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Carswell, Steven B.; Gordon, Michael S.; Gryczynski, Jan; Taxman, Faye S.; Schadegg, Mary; Ferguson, Kaitlin N.; Maher, Kelly – Journal of Drug Education, 2022
This pilot proof-of-concept study examined the feasibility and acceptability of a Continuing Care mobile application (app) designed to meet the recovery and personal support needs of individuals under justice supervision who were receiving outpatient substance use disorder (SUD) treatment. The study included adults on probation or parole who were…
Descriptors: Law Enforcement, Correctional Rehabilitation, Computer Software, Drug Rehabilitation
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Bacak, Valerio; Kennedy, Edward H. – Sociological Methods & Research, 2019
A rapidly growing number of algorithms are available to researchers who apply statistical or machine learning methods to answer social science research questions. The unique advantages and limitations of each algorithm are relatively well known, but it is not possible to know in advance which algorithm is best suited for the particular research…
Descriptors: Violence, Census Figures, Correctional Institutions, Institutionalized Persons
Beamon, Andrew L. – ProQuest LLC, 2019
The Virginia Department of Corrections mandates that all offenders without a high school diploma or general equivalency diploma (GED) are required to be enrolled in GED programs offered in the prison system. However, these programs have shown varying rates of success. Supported by the constructivist theory, the purpose of this qualitative case…
Descriptors: Institutionalized Persons, Correctional Education, High School Equivalency Programs, Program Effectiveness
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Ferrarello, Daniela; Mammana, Maria Flavia; Taranto, Eugenia – International Journal for Technology in Mathematics Education, 2019
In this paper, a teaching path on non-Euclidean geometry focused on the Poincare-disk model, and its connection with art is shown. We consider as artistic contents the Escher's hyperbolic art and some paradoxes on Magriue's work. The mathematical aspects are illustrated thanks to a Dynamic Geometry System (GeoGebra) implemented with a laboratory…
Descriptors: Geometry, Mathematics Instruction, Computer Software, Educational Technology