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Cantora, Andrea; Miller, Joshua; White, Kathleen – Journal of Correctional Education, 2020
In August 2015, the U.S. Department of Education announced an experimental program that would allow higher education institutions to offer postsecondary educational programs inside adult prisons. The U.S. Department of Education's Second Chance Pell Grant Experimental Sites Initiative would allow state and federal incarcerated students to apply…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Correctional Institutions, Correctional Education, Institutionalized Persons
Goodwin, Gretta L. – US Government Accountability Office, 2019
Incarcerated students are generally prohibited from receiving Pell grants, which provide need-based federal financial aid to low-income undergraduate students. However, Education has the authority to waive specific statutory or regulatory requirements for providing federal student aid at schools approved to participate in its experiments.…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Institutionalized Persons, Correctional Institutions, Federal Aid
Jennifer M. Combs – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The Career Preparation Capstone (CPC) provides technical college students with the opportunity to experience the culture inside of a correctional facility to gain professional development and exposure to one of the core components of the criminal justice system, the field of corrections. Criminal Justice students will be required to attend…
Descriptors: Capstone Experiences, Experiential Learning, Career and Technical Education, Institutionalized Persons
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Meyer, Stephen J.; Fredericks, Linda; Borden, Cindy M.; Richardson, Penny L. – Journal of Correctional Education, 2010
Participation in postsecondary programs in correctional settings is low, despite evidence of positive outcomes and national emphasis on postsecondary education to meet labor market demands. Research related to implementation of correctional education programs has focused on adult basic and secondary education programs while less is known about…
Descriptors: Evidence, Correctional Education, Correctional Institutions, Focus Groups