The Committee for Higher Education in the Prisons, established in 2010, is a consortium of faculty and staff across the City University of New York, coordinated through the University Faculty Senate. Members support the educational aspirations of incarcerated men and women, and have volunteered their time for a number of projects, including:
- Conferences and research on criminal Justice and reentry matters
- Classes for incarcerated students
- Assistance for justice-involved students at CUNY
Please see the links below for additional information.
Faculty interested in joining the UFS Committee on Higher Education in the Prisons may contact the Chair, Emily S. Tai (QCC).
Liaison: Hugo Fernandez (LaGCC)
Committee Actions
Resolution Endorsing Governor Hochul’s Proposal to Reinstate TAP Eligibility for Incarcerated Students, adopted by the 02/22/22 plenary
Resources
CUNY Institutes and Committees
- CUNY Justice Learning Collaborative
- The Institute for Justice and Opportunity at John Jay College of Criminal Justice
- College Initiative at the Institute for Justice and Opportunity at John Jay College
- Prison Studies Group
- Future Now Program at Bronx Community College
- The Re-Entry Committee at Lehman College
- Project Impact at Borough of Manhattan Community College
- Supports for Students with Conviction Records
Publications and Resources for Students and Faculty
- Getting to Work with a Criminal Record: New York State License Guides
- New York Reentry Education Network
- Reentry Resource Center: New York
- States of Incarceration: A Digital Humanities Project of the National Endowment for the Humanities
- Kelsey Kauffman, “Academia in Prison: The Role of the University in an Age of Mass Incarceration”
- Michelle Jones, “Women’s Prison History: The Undiscovered Country”
- Mapping the City University of New York (a ground-breaking report, that discusses the work of the Committee)
- Is College for Me? (A Useful Resource for Students)
- Back to School: A Guide to Continuing your Education after Prison
- The Marshall Project
- Restoring Education and Learning Act (REAL) of 2019
- Getting the Record Straight: A Guide to Navigating Background Checks
- Reflections on Building a Partnership with Corrections: A Resource Guide for College-in-Prison Programs
- “Beyond the Record: A Justice-Oriented Approach to Background Checks”
- College After Prison: A Review of the Literature on Barriers and Supports to Post secondary Education for Formerly Incarcerated College Students
- The National Inventory of Collateral Consequences of Conviction
- Prison Policy Initiative
External Organizations
- College and Community Fellowship
- Hour Children
- Bard Prison Initiative
- Inside/Out Prison Exchange Program
- Vera Institute
- College Way, Rikers Island
- The Fortune Society
- Osborne Association
- Queens Public Library Correctional Outreach
- NYPL Jail and Prison Services
- Hudson Link for Higher Education in Prison
- National Directory of Higher Education in the Prisons Programs
- SUNY Office of Higher Education in the Prisons