{"id":80591,"date":"2022-05-09T15:36:40","date_gmt":"2022-05-09T19:36:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=80591"},"modified":"2022-05-16T21:28:13","modified_gmt":"2022-05-17T01:28:13","slug":"a-turning-point-for-prison-education-swaak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2022\/05\/09\/a-turning-point-for-prison-education-swaak\/","title":{"rendered":"A Turning Point for Prison Education [Swaak]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chronicle.com\/article\/a-turning-point-for-prison-education\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>A Turning Point for Prison Education<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from chronicle.com by Taylor Swaak<br \/>\n<em>With reinstatement of Pell Grants imminent, the programs weigh technology\u2019s long-term role.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Excerpts:<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Incarcerated people who participate in postsecondary-education programs are 48 percent less likely to return to prison, according to\u00a0<a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/21846256-2018-rand-meta-analysis-update#document\/p16\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">a 2018 study from the RAND Corporation<\/a>.<br \/>\n&#8230;<br \/>\nThree colleges that\u00a0<i>The Chronicle<\/i>\u00a0spoke with are in varying stages of adding technology to their prison-ed programs.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em>Addendum on 5\/11\/22:<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlive.com\/news\/grand-rapids\/2022\/05\/prisoners-receive-college-degrees-at-graduation-ceremony-inside-a-michigan-prison.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Prisoners receive college degrees at graduation ceremony inside a Michigan prison<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from mlive.com by Bradley Massman<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote>\n<p id=\"AHAAVL4A2FHCFGE5ODRX7MLKFQ\" class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>It was a proud, and somewhat routine commencement ceremony for Calvin University on Monday, May 9, though held in the confines of a state prison.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"TCKTZRHKYZD57A6J3LWGYPCJKQ\" class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Calvin University and Calvin Theological Seminary joined the Michigan Department of Corrections Monday to host the graduation ceremony for Calvin Prison Initiative (CPI) students at the state\u2019s Richard A. Handlon Correctional Facility in Ionia.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Addendums on 5\/16\/22:<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/universitybusiness.com\/more-than-70-colleges-and-universities-have-been-chosen-to-help-the-incarcerated-get-credentials\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>More than new 70 colleges and universities chosen to help the incarcerated get credentials<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from universitybusiness.com by Chris Burt<br \/>\n<em>The Department of Education is expanding Second Chance Pell Experiment for prospective students in prison.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.booooooom.com\/2022\/05\/16\/facing-life-by-brandon-tauszik-pendarvis-harshaw\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>\u201cFacing Life\u201d by Brandon Tauszik &amp; Pendarvis Harshaw<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from booooooom.com<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Turning Point for Prison Education &#8212; from chronicle.com by Taylor Swaak With reinstatement of Pell Grants imminent, the programs weigh technology\u2019s long-term role. Excerpts: Incarcerated people who participate in postsecondary-education programs are 48 percent less likely to return to prison, according to\u00a0a 2018 study from the RAND Corporation. &#8230; Three colleges that\u00a0The Chronicle\u00a0spoke with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[374,174,86,209,364,28,115,498,302,389,343,32,425,3,419,180,15,385,480,293,460,321,214,367,11,852,49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-80591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adult-learning","category-career-development","category-change","category-changing-business-models","category-chemistry","category-cmslms","category-colleges","category-communities-of-practice","category-community-colleges","category-competency-based-learning-education","category-education","category-education-technology","category-faith","category-higher-education","category-ideas-teaching","category-innovation","category-lifelong-learning","category-michigan","category-society","category-sociology","category-technology-general","category-united-states","category-universities","category-vendors","category-vision-possibilities","category-vocational-trades","category-web-based-collaboration"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80591","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80591"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80591\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":80801,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80591\/revisions\/80801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}