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Getting a second chance with a university education: Barriers & Opportunities
Interchange: A Quarterly Review of Education (2019)
  • Jeffrey Ian Ross, Ph.D.
Abstract
As part of the prisoner reentry process, many formerly incarcerated individuals are choosing to enroll in universities to earn bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees. Some cannot immediately begin their studies and must take remedial classes. Others, because of preparations they have done before release, can start classes on the first day of school. The following paper poses and attempts to answer six interrelated questions connected to excons taking classes at universities, the challenges they encounter, and ways to smooth the process for the universities in general and faculty, staff, administrators, and other students in particular.
Keywords
  • prisoner reentry
Publication Date
2019
Citation Information
Jeffrey Ian Ross. "Getting a second chance with a university education: Barriers & Opportunities" Interchange: A Quarterly Review of Education Vol. 50 Iss. 2 (2019) p. 175 - 186
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/jeffreyianross/104/