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We Are Cal State LA: The Prison BA From a Mission and Values Perspective

We Are Cal State LA: The Prison BA From a Mission and Values Perspective

Bidhan Chandra Roy, Taffany Lim, Rebecca Silbert
Copyright: © 2020 |Pages: 27
ISBN13: 9781799830566|ISBN10: 179983056X|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781799854135|EISBN13: 9781799830573
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-3056-6.ch004
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Roy, Bidhan Chandra, et al. "We Are Cal State LA: The Prison BA From a Mission and Values Perspective." Higher Education Accessibility Behind and Beyond Prison Walls, edited by Dani V. McMay and Rebekah D. Kimble, IGI Global, 2020, pp. 67-93. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-3056-6.ch004

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Roy, B. C., Lim, T., & Silbert, R. (2020). We Are Cal State LA: The Prison BA From a Mission and Values Perspective. In D. McMay & R. Kimble (Eds.), Higher Education Accessibility Behind and Beyond Prison Walls (pp. 67-93). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-3056-6.ch004

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Roy, Bidhan Chandra, Taffany Lim, and Rebecca Silbert. "We Are Cal State LA: The Prison BA From a Mission and Values Perspective." In Higher Education Accessibility Behind and Beyond Prison Walls, edited by Dani V. McMay and Rebekah D. Kimble, 67-93. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2020. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-3056-6.ch004

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Abstract

Cal State LA runs a successful face-to-face Bachelor's Degree completion program at a maximum-security prison. This chapter describes the BA program, including an assessment of the political, academic, and structural challenges. The chapter also outlines two intertwined components of Cal State LA's commitment to transformational education in the prison. The first is WordsUncaged which is open to all students on the yard and extends the transformational opportunities of higher education to a larger number of students than can be accommodated in the formal BA program. The second is Cal State LA's commitment to reentry support, including enrollment on the home campus for all students released prior to degree completion. The chapter argues that serving the prison with the three intertwined components—the BA degree pathway, WordsUncaged, and reentry support—is core to Cal State LA's mission as a public university serving the greater good of the Los Angeles region and the residents of California.

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