Postsecondary Educational Trajectories of Formerly Incarcerated Persons - YEDI affiliated
Tolani Britton, Professor
Education
Closed. This professor is continuing with Spring 2024 apprentices on this project; no new apprentices needed for Fall 2024.
Given the limited work opportunities available to persons who have been incarcerated, a college degree could serve as one means to improve both educational and job market outcomes. A number of states have expanded access to college classes for incarcerated persons. In 2014, California passed SB 1391, a law that allowed for equal per-student funding of college courses in prison and on campus. However, there is limited research on whether this access to college while in prison is associated with postsecondary persistence and completion of a certificate or degree. Using administrative data from the California community colleges during the 2012–2021 period, this project explores the likelihood of reenrollment in a community college, persistence, and completion of either a degree or certificate for formerly incarcerated persons in California who took community college courses while incarcerated when compared to community college students who were formerly incarcerated and did not have access to these courses. Findings have implications for policy on access to educational opportunities for formerly incarcerated persons.
Role: Help create an annotated bibliography of existing studies on college for system impacted students.
If you are selected for this research project, you will be given the opportunity to join the YEDI program as a YEDI scholar. YEDI is the Youth Equity Discovery Initiative, an initiative supported by central campus to enhance the discovery experience of undergraduates interested in research work addressing issues of youth equity. YEDI is a research apprenticeship and mentorship program that supplements your research work. The program creates a cohort of undergraduate scholars (usually around 20-30, many from underrepresented backgrounds) that are working on youth equity research. The year-long program utilizes cascading mentorship, skill-building workshops, and professional development to provide supportive pathways into research careers, service, and leadership addressing adolescent inequities and well-being. Scholars greatly benefit from (and enjoy!) the extra research training and support, as well as the professional development opportunities (including faculty guest speakers and graduate student and practitioner panels). The 2022-2023 YEDI cohort will meet on Tuesdays from 4:30pm-6:00pm beginning September 13th. In order to take part in the YEDI program, you must be able to attend the workshops at this time. As a YEDI scholar, you will sign up for a PH198 class and receive 1 unit. This is in addition to the units you receive for your URAP research project. For any questions about YEDI, please contact Marieka Schotland at mschotland@berkeley.edu or see https://i4y.berkeley.edu/initiatives-projects-partnerships/student-training
Qualifications: Communication skills
Organizational skills
Microsft Excel
Stata
Day-to-day supervisor for this project: TBD, Graduate Student
Hours: 6-8 hrs
Off-Campus Research Site: remote
Social Sciences Education, Cognition & Psychology