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|la l UNIVERSITY LIBRARY UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AT AMHERST HV 8883.3. U5 | H54 | 1994 Cree Higher Education in Prison A Contradiction in Terms? = gery ti rowan 4 i. Osan ai norsibaimOA . Higher Education in Prison A Contradiction in Terms? Edited by Miriam Williford National University Continuing Education Association slg S AMERICAN COUNCIL iy ON EDUCATION * * Series on Higher Education ORYX PRESS 1994 Copyright © 1994 by American Council on Education and The Oryx Press Published by The Oryx Press 4041 North Central at Indian School road Phoenix, AZ 85012-3397 Published simultaneously in Canada All rights reserved No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from Oryx Press. Printed and bound in the United States of America ©9) The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Information Science—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48, 1984. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Higher education in prison: a contradiction in terms? / edited by Miriam Williford p. cm. -- (American Council on Education/Oryx series on higher education) “National University Continuing Education Association.” Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-89774-861-1 1. Prisoners—Education (Higher)—United States. 2. Education, Higher—United States. 3. Prison administration—United States. I. Williford, Miriam, 1926-. Il. National University Continuing Education Association (U.S.) III. Series. HV8883.3. U5H54 1994 94-2250 365'.66—dc20 CIP Contents Preface vii Acknowledgments — xi The Paradox of Higher Education in Prisons 1 Raymond L. Jones and Peter d’Errico A Brief History of Prison Higher Education in the United States 17 Walter Silva The Scope and Diversity of Prison Higher Education 32 Daniel W. Lawrence Three Programs for Human Renewal 52 California’s Arts-In-Corrections: Discipline, Imagination, and Opportunity 54 William Cleveland Concrete Garden 63 Nancy Johnson A Prison Library 65 Sheila Stevens Two Views of Conflict and aoe 70 A View from Corrections Osa D. Coffey A View from Higher Education George G. Carey vi Higher Education in Prison: A Contradiction in Terms? APOE eee eee eee Hee ee He EEE OEE HOES SHEESH OEEEEEEEEESESEEEESEEESEEEEEEEHEEEEDHEEEEEEEHEEEEEEEEEESHSEEEEESESESESESEEEHOESEHEEEEEEESEHESESESS Three Perspectives on the Problems and Promise of Teaching in Prison Teaching within the Contradictions of Prison Education 97 Renée Heberle and William Rose An Experiment in Liberal Studies 107 June Licence ; Technology and Progress: A Questionable Experience 113 Jane Richards-Allerton Two Prisoners’ Views of Prison Higher Education 123 Cogito, Ergo Sum = 125 Jon Marc Taylor A Prisoner’s View Catherine Mason Women Offenders: A Population Overlooked 139 Christine Ennulat Wilson Evaluating Prison Higher Education: A Beginning 53) Johnstone Campbell Afterword 164 Appendix One: The Federal Pell Grant Program 165 Anne Peramba Appendix Two: Pell Grants for Prisoners 167 Jon Marc Taylor Selected Bibliography 173 Index 185
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