Download or read book Barriers to Postsecondary Education Participation Experienced by Formerly Incarcerated Community College Students written by Miah L. Dreger (Ed.D. candidate at the University of Hartford) and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 582 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this phenomenological study was to examine barriers to postsecondary education participation experienced by formerly incarcerated community college students (FICCSs). The overarching goal of this research was to develop a deeper understanding of barriers to postsecondary education participation experienced by FICCSs so policymakers and educators may be able to develop strategies to overcome identified barriers. This research was guided by a conceptual framework the researcher adapted from Cross’s (1981) model for barriers to adult participation in learning activities and Moore, Stuewig, and Tangney’s (2013) framework for understanding different types of stigma that may impact behaviors of stigmatized individuals. This investigation used a transcendental phenomenological design consistent with principles originally identified by Husserl (1936/1970) and further developed by Moustakas (1994) to provide rich descriptions of the experiences of 15 FICCSs in their attempts to access and persist in higher education. Findings from this study indicated that research participants experienced multiple types of institutional barriers, situational barriers, campus climate barriers, academic readiness barriers, dispositional barriers, and stigmatic barriers to postsecondary education participation. This research addressed several notable gaps in the literature related to barriers to adult participation in higher education, stigma faced by the formerly incarcerated population, and formerly incarcerated students’ experiences in higher education. This research also illuminated an urgent and emerging social issue (increasing recidivism rates) and addressed an urgent call to action (for community colleges to help reduce recidivism by supporting the inclusion and success of formerly incarcerated students).

Download or read book Student Engagement in Higher Education written by Stephen John Quaye and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-11-27 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the updated edition of this important volume, the editors and chapter contributors explore how diverse populations of students experience college differently and encounter group-specific barriers to success. Informed by relevant theories, each chapter focuses on engaging a different student population, including low-income students, Students of Color, international students, students with disabilities, religious minority students, student-athletes, part-time students, adult learners, military-connected students, graduate students, and others. New in this third edition is the inclusion of chapters on Indigenous students, student activists, transracial Asian American adoptee students, justice-involved students, student-parents, first-generation students, and undocumented students. The forward-thinking, practical, anti-deficit-oriented strategies offered throughout the book are based on research and the collected professional wisdom of experienced educators and scholars at a range of postsecondary institutions. Current and future faculty members, higher education administrators, and student affairs educators will undoubtedly find this book complete with fresh ideas to reverse troubling engagement trends among various college student populations.

Download or read book Adults As Learners written by Kathryn Patricia Cross and published by . This book was released on 1992-01-01 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Second Chance Program written by James R. Macale and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Approximately 600,000 individuals will be eventually released from the prison system and millions will be released from jails across the United States each year (Mukamal et al., 2015). Some of these individuals will make their way to a local community college to make a better life for themselves. There is a lack of student support services specifically designed for this population at the community college level. The Second Chance Program (SCP) at City College of San Francisco attempts to meet some of the unique needs of this specific student population. The SCP is designed to serve approximately 100-150 formerly incarcerated students per academic year by providing a variety of support services for academic success (Completion of a certificate, Associates degree, and/or transfer to a four-year university). The purpose of this qualitative study was to describe the impact the Second Chance Program had on six participants. These participants expressed academic goals for attending City College of San Francisco. I also engaged these participants in reflecting on the components of professional practice aimed at enhancing student support services to formerly incarcerated students at the community college level. This study uses a participatory action research method guided by Friere’s emancipatory philosophy and literacy campaign for farm workers in Brazil to assess the impact (if any) of the SCP in supporting the participants as they were pursuing their academic goals. I engaged the participants in two sets of individual dialogues. The first set of dialogues was to identify common themes across their experiences using SCP services. I specifically asked them to link challenges, barriers, and successes to their backgrounds of incarceration. The intent of the second set of dialogues was to elaborate on common themes identified in the first dialog and to critically reflect on their experiences at SCP with the intent of suggesting improvements in support services specifically designed for formerly incarcerated students at City College of San Francisco. These six individual accounts of SCP experiences identified the following common themes that they connected to their backgrounds that led to significant and protracted involvement with the criminal justice system. Theme One: The affects of dehumanization from the prison system. The participants linked this theme to experiencing physical and mental abuse in the prison, which caused fear, anger, and negative feelings, which sometimes manifested in negative behaviors. It was important for the participants to reconcile some of these issues through their participation in the SCP. Theme Two: Feelings of low-self esteem and self-worth. The participants connected this theme with the lack of preparation to successfully live once released from justice system and the importance of participating in different components of the SCP to feel a sense of community and to increase their self-worth to assist in completing their academic goals.

Download or read book Evaluating the Effectiveness of Correctional Education written by Lois M. Davis and published by Rand Corporation. This book was released on 2013-08-21 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After conducting a comprehensive literature search, the authors undertook a meta-analysis to examine the association between correctional education and reductions in recidivism, improvements in employment after release from prison, and other outcomes. The study finds that receiving correctional education while incarcerated reduces inmates' risk of recidivating and may improve their odds of obtaining employment after release from prison.

Download or read book Formerly Incarcerated Adults in Higher Education written by Robert Michael Ehnow and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The U.S. is the world's "leading jailer" with both the highest incarceration rate and the largest number of prisoners. Each year more than 700,000 inmates are released from prison and re-enter their communities. The majority of released prisoners lack the necessary education, work experience, and life skills to successfully reintegrate back into society. One alternative to the retributive model of justice used in the United States is a restorative justice strategy. A restorative approach to prisoner reintegration seeks to re-establish community support and acceptance for criminal offenders in order to allow them to become beneficial members of society. The literature on prisoner re-entry and reintegration suggests that the formerly incarcerated are more apt to successfully re-enter society when they attain education and employment, and maintain familial and community associations. Presently, there is a lack of knowledge about what the formerly incarcerated experience after they are released from prison and participate in post-secondary education. The central research question for this qualitative multi-case study was: What effect, if any, has participation in higher education for the formerly incarcerated had on their experiences of reintegration back into their communities? The study further examined the barriers to higher education encountered, the social and human capital attained, and former prisoners' own experiences during both incarceration and post-incarceration higher education. Six participants were invited to tell their life stories in order to make meaning of their experiences as both prisoners and as higher education students. One of the life stories was an auto-ethnographic account of the researcher's own experience as both a former inmate and, presently, a doctoral candidate. Qualitative interviews were used to collect data from the other participants. Life-story and phenomenological methods were employed to collect and analyze these data. A cross-case analysis was conducted to compare and contrast the individual cases. Findings indicate that participating in higher education had a positive impact on the reintegration experience of those formerly incarcerated individuals that participated in the study. The participant's life-stories suggest that higher education played an important role in restoring and creating relationships within the community, and enhanced their human and social capital.

Download or read book How College Affects Students written by Matthew J. Mayhew and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2016-08-23 with total page 784 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The bestselling analysis of higher education's impact, updated with the latest data How College Affects Students synthesizes over 1,800 individual research investigations to provide a deeper understanding of how the undergraduate experience affects student populations. Volume 3 contains the findings accumulated between 2002 and 2013, covering diverse aspects of college impact, including cognitive and moral development, attitudes and values, psychosocial change, educational attainment, and the economic, career, and quality of life outcomes after college. Each chapter compares current findings with those of Volumes 1 and 2 (covering 1967 to 2001) and highlights the extent of agreement and disagreement in research findings over the past 45 years. The structure of each chapter allows readers to understand if and how college works and, of equal importance, for whom does it work. This book is an invaluable resource for administrators, faculty, policymakers, and student affairs practitioners, and provides key insight into the impact of their work. Higher education is under more intense scrutiny than ever before, and understanding its impact on students is critical for shaping the way forward. This book distills important research on a broad array of topics to provide a cohesive picture of student experiences and outcomes by: Reviewing a decade's worth of research; Comparing current findings with those of past decades; Examining a multifaceted analysis of higher education's impact; and Informing policy and practice with empirical evidence Amidst the current introspection and skepticism surrounding higher education, there is a massive body of research that must be synthesized to enhance understanding of college's effects. How College Affects Students compiles, organizes, and distills this information in one place, and makes it available to research and practitioner audiences; Volume 3 provides insight on the past decade, with the expert analysis characteristic of this seminal work.

Download or read book How Effective Is Correctional Education and Where Do We Go from Here The Results of a Comprehensive Evaluation written by Lois M. Davis and published by Rand Corporation. This book was released on 2014-02-28 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Assesses the effectiveness of correctional education for both incarcerated adults and juveniles, presents the results of a survey of U.S. state correctional education directors, and offers recommendations for improving correctional education.

Download or read book Disability in Higher Education written by Nancy J. Evans and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2017-03-06 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Create campuses inclusive and supportive of disabled students, staff, and faculty Disability in Higher Education: A Social Justice Approach examines how disability is conceptualized in higher education and ways in which students, faculty, and staff with disabilities are viewed and served on college campuses. Drawing on multiple theoretical frameworks, research, and experience creating inclusive campuses, this text offers a new framework for understanding disability using a social justice lens. Many institutions focus solely on legal access and accommodation, enabling a system of exclusion and oppression. However, using principles of universal design, social justice, and other inclusive practices, campus environments can be transformed into more inclusive and equitable settings for all constituents. The authors consider the experiences of students, faculty, and staff with disabilities and offer strategies for addressing ableism within a variety of settings, including classrooms, residence halls, admissions and orientation, student organizations, career development, and counseling. They also expand traditional student affairs understandings of disability issues by including chapters on technology, law, theory, and disability services. Using social justice principles, the discussion spans the entire college experience of individuals with disabilities, and avoids any single-issue focus such as physical accessibility or classroom accommodations. The book will help readers: Consider issues in addition to access and accommodation Use principles of universal design to benefit students and employees in academic, cocurricular, and employment settings Understand how disability interacts with multiple aspects of identity and experience. Despite their best intentions, college personnel frequently approach disability from the singular perspective of access to the exclusion of other important issues. This book provides strategies for addressing ableism in the assumptions, policies and practices, organizational structures, attitudes, and physical structures of higher education.

Download or read book Funds of Knowledge in Higher Education written by Judy Marquez Kiyama and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-08-07 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Refining and building on the concept in a sophisticated and multidisciplinary way, this book uses a funds of knowledge approach and connects it to other key conceptual frameworks in education to examine issues related to the access and transition to college, college persistence and success, and pedagogies in higher education. Research on funds of knowledge has become a standard reference to signal a sociocultural orientation in education that seeks to build strategically on the experiences, resources, and knowledge of families and children, especially those from low-income communities of color. Challenging existing deficit thinking in the field, the contribution of this unique and timely book is to apply this concept to and map future work on funds of knowledge in higher education.

Download or read book Census of State and Federal Correctional Facilities written by and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The School to Prison Pipeline written by Nancy A. Heitzeg and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2016-04-11 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a research and comparison-driven look at the school-to-prison pipeline, its racial dynamics, the connections to mass incarceration, and our flawed educational climate—and suggests practical remedies for change. How is racism perpetuated by the education system, particularly via the "school-to-prison pipeline?" How is the school to prison pipeline intrinsically connected to the larger context of the prison industrial complex as well as the extensive and ongoing criminalization of youth of color? This book uniquely describes the system of policies and practices that racialize criminalization by routing youth of color out of school and towards prison via the school-to-prison pipeline while simultaneously medicalizing white youth for comparable behaviors. This work is the first to consider and link all of the research and data from a sociological perspective, using this information to locate racism in our educational systems; describe the rise of the so-called prison industrial complex; spotlight the concomitant expansion of the "medical-industrial complex" as an alternative for controlling the white and well-off, both adult and juveniles; and explore the significance of media in furthering the white racial frame that typically views people of color as "criminals" as an automatic response. The author also examines the racial dynamics of the school to prison pipeline as documented by rates of suspension, expulsion, and referrals to legal systems and sheds light on the comparative dynamics of the related educational social control of white and middle-class youth in the larger context of society as a whole.

Download or read book Higher Education Handbook of Theory and Research written by Laura W. Perna and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-02-24 with total page 695 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published annually since 1985, the Handbook series provides a compendium of thorough and integrative literature reviews on a diverse array of topics of interest to the higher education scholarly and policy communities. Each chapter provides a comprehensive review of research findings on a selected topic, critiques the research literature in terms of its conceptual and methodological rigor and sets forth an agenda for future research intended to advance knowledge on the chosen topic. The Handbook focuses on a comprehensive set of central areas of study in higher education that encompasses the salient dimensions of scholarly and policy inquiries undertaken in the international higher education community. Each annual volume contains chapters on current important issues pertaining to college students and faculty, organization and administration, curriculum and instruction, policy, diversity issues, economics and finance, history and philosophy, community colleges, advances in research methodology and other key aspects of higher education administration. The series is fortunate to have attracted annual contributions from distinguished scholars throughout the world.

Download or read book Financial Barriers to Participation in Postsecondary Education Perceived by New York State Employed Women written by Jane Marie Gallup and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in and Across Disciplines written by Kathleen McKinney and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2013 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides a state-of-the-field review of recent SoTL scholarship

Download or read book Toward Identifying Academic Barriers of TANF CalWORKs Students in Community Colleges written by and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The number of women enrolling in Post-Secondary Education (PSE) is on the rise, except for women of color and for women on public assistance. Restrictive Welfare-to- Work policies, a lack of resources, and the effects of race and gender may be impacting their educational goals. There is a gap in the literature regarding TANF/CalWORKs students and their academic barriers. To address this gap, focus groups and individual interviews of 20 CalWORKs students from a community college were conducted. The research questions were: 1. What barriers to academic success did female, single parent TANF/ CalWORKs students experience in community college? 2. What strategies did female, single parent TANF/CalWORKs students use to contend with the barriers? Using a continuous comparison method, five themes emerged: (a) Mental Health Erosion, (b) Perceptions of Support, (c) A Failing System: Welfare-to-Work, (d) Finding Support, and (e) Taking Back Control. Findings indicated participants first developed protective strategies such as "don't ask," for any support, and "don't tell" anyone about receiving public assistance. Later, participants demonstrated an adaptive model to surviving college. The students also worked to create a college identity. Future studies might review: (a) assessments offered by the Department of Social Services and colleges regarding academic needs or readiness of these students, and (b) knowledge and use of resources by these students. Progressive Welfare-to-Work policies could support TANF/CalWORKs students to reach their academic endeavors, thus improving their employability and indirectly reducing recidivism

Download or read book Higher Education Accessibility Behind and Beyond Prison Walls written by McMay, Dani V. and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2020-04-17 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Numerous studies indicate that completing a college degree reduces an individual’s likelihood of recidivating. However, there is little research available to inform best practices for running college programs inside jails or prisons or supporting returning citizens who want to complete a college degree. Higher Education Accessibility Behind and Beyond Prison Walls examines program development and pedagogical techniques in the area of higher education for students who are currently incarcerated or completing a degree post-incarceration. Drawing on the experiences of program administrators and professors from across the country, it offers best practices for (1) developing, running, and teaching in college programs offered inside jails and prisons and (2) providing adequate support to returning citizens who wish to complete a college degree. This book is intended to be a resource for college administrators, staff, and professors running or teaching in programs inside jails or prisons or supporting returning citizens on traditional college campuses.