Inspired by conversations with the New England Prison Education Collaborative’s (NEPEC) Higher Education Working Group and stakeholders across the region, this inaugural white paper focuses on the role of postsecondary education programs in supporting returning students during reentry.
The north star for NEPEC is supporting expanded opportunities for incarcerated and reentering students across all six New England states. Elevating the innovative work that higher education in prison programs are doing across the New England region and finding ways to support program providers, including by creating opportunities for cross-state knowledge sharing, are central parts of NEPEC’s work. This white paper exemplifies these core commitments.
It is NEPEC’s goal for this research paper to serve as a resource to individuals doing the crucial work of providing postsecondary education to currently and formerly incarcerated individuals. We hope that this publication will facilitate cross-state dialogue and learning among postsecondary and reentry program providers and serve as a tool that providers can leverage in their work to expand or reimagine reentry supports.
