Prison

The Rising Scholars Advisory Committee adopts the following principles to guide colleges as they exercise their local control to serve formerly incarcerated students in prison.

The guide is designed to support students as they learn how to navigate their CDCR laptop and Canvas course.

Apply now for Rising Scholars Network categorical funding. Applications are due March 21.

Final FAQ with all questions and answers about the RFA. Distributed March 15, 2022.

Memorandum of Understanding between CDCR and local community colleges providing face-to-face instruction.

This toolkit contains recommendations for colleges transitioning to correspondence packet delivery during the pandemic.

Solano Collage’s fall 2021 enrollment packet contains course descriptions, pathways, and enrollment documents for incarcerated students.

Free interactive toolkit created by Bank of America in partnership with Kahn Academy to help student save money and manage finances.

This memorandum provides information regarding available funds for colleges teaching students that are currently incarcerated in state prisons. A total of $3 million is available to colleges to provide textbooks or digital course content to students under the jurisdiction of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) who are enrolled in one or more California community college course.

Equity and Excellence in Practice: A Guide for Higher Education in Prison by Tanya Erzen, Mary R. Gould, and Jody Lewen documents the key characteristics of high-quality prison higher education programs, and informs stakeholders in the field, including new and experienced practitioners seeking to achieve equity and excellence in their work, policy leaders, philanthropy, and others. This study is a joint project of the Prison University Project and the Alliance for Higher Education in Prison.