"You're Almost in This Place That Doesn't Exist": The Impact of College in Prison as Understood by Formerly Incarcerated Students from the Northeastern United States

Autor/inn/en	Binda, Hilary; Weinberg, Jill; Maetzener, Nora; Rubin, Carolyn L.
Titel	"You're Almost in This Place That Doesn't Exist": The Impact of College in Prison as Understood by Formerly Incarcerated Students from the Northeastern United States
Quelle	In: Journal of Prison Education and Reentry, 6 (2020) 2, S.242-263 (22 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2387-2306
Schlagwörter	Institutionalized Persons; Correctional Institutions; Correctional Education; Higher Education; Liberal Arts; Self Esteem; Self Efficacy; Interpersonal Relationship; Leadership Qualities; Program Effectiveness; Educational Quality; Difficulty Level; Teacher Attitudes; Discussion (Teaching Technique); College Faculty; Professional Personnel; Adult Education; Transformative Learning; Social Justice; Males + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Jugendstrafvollzug; Fürsorgeerziehung; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Self-esteem; Selbstaufmerksamkeit; Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Führungseigenschaft; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Schwierigkeitsgrad; Lehrerverhalten; Fakultät; Personalbestand; Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Pädagogische Transformation; Soziale Gerechtigkeit; Male; Männliches Geschlecht
Abstract	This qualitative study examines the immediate and lasting impact of liberal arts higher education in prison from the perspective of former college-in-prison students from the Northeastern United States. Findings obtained through semi-structured interviews with formerly incarcerated people are presented in the following three areas: self-confidence and agency, interpersonal relationships, and capacity for civic leadership. This study further examines former students' reflections on the relationship between education and human transformation and begins to benchmark college programming with attention to the potential for such transformation. The authors identify four characteristics critical to a program's success: academic rigor, the professor's respect for students, discussion-based learning, and respectful relationships between college and prison personnel. This study contributes to the growing field of scholarship on the benefits of prison higher education beyond those captured by studies of high-level data, such as the rate of return to prison. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Journal of Prison Education and Reentry. Jonas Liesvei 91, N5009 Bergen, Norway. Web site: https://jper.uib.no/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01