The Impact of an Associate's Degree Program for Incarcerated Students: A Randomized Trial of the Correctional Education Association College of the Air Program

Autor/inn/en	Meyer, Stephen J.; Randel, Bruce
Titel	The Impact of an Associate's Degree Program for Incarcerated Students: A Randomized Trial of the Correctional Education Association College of the Air Program
Quelle	In: Community College Review, 41 (2013) 3, S.223-248 (26 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0091-5521
DOI	10.1177/0091552113497787
Schlagwörter	Associate Degrees; Control Groups; Experimental Groups; Correctional Education; Distance Education; Outcome Based Education; Two Year College Students; Institutionalized Persons; Critical Thinking; Standardized Tests; Motivation; Academic Achievement; Academic Aspiration; Individual Development; Organizational Climate; College Credits; Comparative Analysis; Correctional Institutions; Case Studies; Age; Ethnicity; Sex; Student Surveys; Student Attrition; Outcome Measures; Student Characteristics; Learner Engagement; Fidelity; Postsecondary Education; Program Effectiveness; Pretests Posttests; Community Colleges; Iowa; Massachusetts; Nevada; Oklahoma; South Carolina; Wisconsin + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Fürsorgeerziehung; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Lernerfolgsmessung; Kritisches Denken; Standadised tests; Standardisierter Test; psychologische; Motivation (psychologisch); Schulleistung; Individuelle Entwicklung; Organisationsklima; College; Colleges; Achievement; Performance; Anrechnung; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Leistung; Jugendstrafvollzug; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Alter; Lebensalter; Ethnizität; Geschlecht; Geschlechtsverkehr; Schülerbefragung; Schülerbeurlaubung; Post-secondary education; Tertiäre Bildung; Community college; Community College; Master-Studiengang
Abstract	This article reports findings from an impact study of a 2-year postsecondary academic program offered in state prisons. Outcomes examined for participants during their 1st year of participation include performance on a standardized test of critical thinking skills, credit acquisition, achievement motivation, educational aspirations, personal development, and institutional (prison) climate. A cluster randomized design was used in which prisons in six states were randomly assigned to implement the Correctional Education Association College of the Air (CEA/COA) program or control programming. Analyses show that students in the CEA/COA program had average critical thinking scores that were about three fourths of a point lower, as measured by the Collegiate Assessment of Academic Proficiency (effect size = -0.14), and acquired on average approximately two fewer credits (effect size = -0.43) than students from control sites after 1 year. There were no significant group differences associated with educational aspirations, achievement motivation, personal development, and institutional climate measures. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10