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Halkovic, Alexis; Greene, Andrew Cory – Urban Review: Issues and Ideas in Public Education, 2015
There is an abundance of social science research confirming the positive outcomes associated with higher education for people who have served time in prison (Chappell in "J Correct Educ" 55(2): 148-169, 2004; Fine et al. in "Changing minds: the impact of college in a maximum-security prison," Ronald Ridgeway, New York, 2001;…
Descriptors: College Students, Institutionalized Persons, Reentry Students, Social Bias
Smith, Janet – 1997
The relationship between literacy, welfare, and work was examined in an exploratory study that included a literature review and focus group interviews with a total of 17 literacy instructors and 10 literacy students from two locations in Manitoba: Winnipeg and Brandon with the rural area surrounding it. Particular attention was paid to the…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Education Work Relationship