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Equipping Students for a "Specific Uprising" toward Justice: Lessons Learned from a University Prison Initiative
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Cioffi, Todd; Haggerty, Andrew F.; Bouman, Jeffrey P. – Christian Higher Education, 2020
Equipping students for citizenship has always been a core element of American higher education. Amid financial distress, changing technology, and global interconnectivity, the project of equipping citizens is becoming increasingly disembodied. Embracing the notion that one's physical place matters, one application of an "embodied"…
Descriptors: Correctional Institutions, Higher Education, Bachelors Degrees, Program Descriptions
Work after Prison: One-Year Findings from the Transitional Jobs Reentry Demonstration. Executive Summary
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Redcross, Cindy; Bloom, Dan; Jacobs, Erin; Manno, Michelle; Muller-Ravett, Sara; Seefeldt, Kristin; Yahner, Jennifer; Young, Alford A., Jr.; Zweig, Janine – MDRC, 2010
More than 2 million people are incarcerated in the United States, and around 700,000 are released from prison each year. Those who are released face daunting obstacles as they seek to reenter their communities, and rates of recidivism are high. Many experts believe that stable employment is critical to a successful transition from prison to the…
Descriptors: Institutionalized Persons, Correctional Institutions, Reentry Workers, Transitional Programs
Work after Prison: One-Year Findings from the Transitional Jobs Reentry Demonstration
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Redcross, Cindy; Bloom, Dan; Jacobs, Erin; Manno, Michelle; Muller-Ravett, Sara; Seefeldt, Kristin; Yahner, Jennifer; Young, Alford A., Jr.; Zweig, Janine – MDRC, 2010
More than 2 million people are incarcerated in the United States, and around 700,000 are released from prison each year. Those who are released face daunting obstacles as they seek to reenter their communities, and rates of recidivism are high. Many experts believe that stable employment is critical to a successful transition from prison to the…
Descriptors: Institutionalized Persons, Correctional Institutions, Reentry Workers, Transitional Programs
Providing Educational Support for Female Ex-Inmates: Project PROVE as a Model for Social Reintegration
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Case, Patricia; Fasenfest, David; Sarri, Rosemary; Phillips, Anna – Journal of Correctional Education, 2005
The number of female prisoners continues to grow in the United States, yet most examinations of how to increase reintegration and reduce recidivation focus on the needs of the predominantly male prisoner population. As a result, prison education programs and post-release environments often leave women unprepared and facing special risks. This…
Descriptors: Institutionalized Persons, Females, Correctional Education, Social Integration
Designing and Validating Procedures for Insuring Quality Adult Education in Nursing Homes and Convalescent Centers. Toward a Theory of Practice for Insuring Quality Education in Nursing Homes: A Section 310 Final Report, May 15, 1980-June 12, 1981.
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McDermott, Bill P. – 1981
The Senior Adult Education Program (SAEP) for Monroe County, Michigan, conducted a documentation and analysis of the program component that provides high school completion classes in two local nursing homes. Three general research questions were (1) benefits to nursing home residents from the programs, (2) design of classes in nursing homes…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Educational Gerontology