Calvin Prison Initiative - Commemorating 10 Years

Highlights about what's happened over the first ten years of the Calvin Prison Initiative.

Siena Heights University Awarded $250,000 Grant to Expand Baccalaureate Rising Education Programs

Siena Heights University (SHU) is proud to announce it has been awarded a $250,000 grant from the State of Michigan to expand its Rising Education Program (REP) in partnership with the Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC).

Inside the only college class in Texas to help prepare people for life after prison

More than 250 Texas prisoners are on the waitlist to join the Lee College reentry class. Programs like these prepare students to find jobs and help lower recidivism.

U.P.’s first prison collegiate education program starts in Chippewa County

Lake Superior State University in Sault Ste. Marie has enacted its “STEP UP” program, a prison education program designed to help those incarcerated in the Chippewa Correctional Facility a chance to earn an associate degree in small business administration.

Wayne State brings education to prisons

As an institution of access and opportunity, Wayne State University is constantly pursuing ways to extend the reach of higher education. Beginning in the next academic year, that will include offering classes and a degree to students behind bars through a new Prison Education Program.

Good Day Northern Michigan

Marc Boucher talks about the impact and goal of LSSU’s Prison Education Program STEP UP

Lake Superior State University launches STEP UP prison education program

In a first for the Upper Peninsula, Lake Superior State University launched its STEP UP prison education program. The program offers a full-time curriculum and an Associate’s Degree in Small Business Administration to 20 incarcerated students at the Chippewa Correctional Facility.

It's not just neighborhood districts that are headed back to school: "Never too late..."

Students at Jackson College's Corrections Education Program, which serves over 700 students across seven facilities, tell their stories about how their life has been positively affected through this education program.