ERIC Number: ED635214
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2023-Sep-7
Pages: 62
Abstractor: ERIC
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Technology in Higher Education in Prison Programs: A Report on Survey Findings
Pokornowski, Ess
ITHAKA S+R
The landscape of higher education in prison programming is in the midst of a sea change. After eight years of the Second Chance Pell experiment, federal Pell grant funding for students who are incarcerated was fully reinstated on July 1, 2023. While Pell reinstatement will likely increase educational access for students who are incarcerated, it has also raised concerns about the role of educational equity, digital fluency, and surveillance in higher education in prison programming. In an effort to make visible the national landscape of access to educational technology in prison education programs, Ithaka S+R launched a first-of-its-kind national survey in the fall of 2022. The survey asked respondents about student access to technology in their higher education in prison program, collecting demographic information before focusing on four thematic areas: technological devices, learning management systems and software, network connection and internet access, and future technology plans. In the wake of this survey, the author also conducted follow-up interviews to gather more qualitative data about major thematic issues that surfaced in the survey analysis. In this report, the author presents their findings and a discussion that highlights areas where tension is likely to develop in the partnership between correctional and higher education institutions, as well as areas for future research.
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Higher Education, Correctional Education, Correctional Institutions, Institutionalized Persons, Equal Education, Technological Literacy, Grants, Federal Aid, Access to Computers, Administrators, Administrator Attitudes, Learning Management Systems, Computer Software, Internet, Futures (of Society), Educational Planning
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Related Records: ED635219
Publication Type: Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
Sponsor: Ascendium Education Group, Inc.
Authoring Institution: Ithaka S+R
Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Pell Grant Program
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