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John Jay College Institute for Justice and Opportunity, 2021
New York has been a leader in education in prison since the 1800s. At its peak in the 1990s, when incarcerated people were eligible for federal Pell and New York State Tuition Assistance Program (TAP) grants, New York had 70 higher education programs operating in state prisons. In the mid-1990s, when legislators revoked Pell and TAP for…
Descriptors: Correctional Institutions, Colleges, Partnerships in Education, Correctional Education
Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Education, 2007
This evaluation of the pilot phase of "Skills for Work" courses demonstrates many strengths. The report includes many examples of innovative good practice, which HMIE will disseminate and promote through events and a range of media. It is particularly encouraging that almost all learners had a very positive experience and gained…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Program Effectiveness, Self Esteem, Adolescents