Donnelly学院参加美国.美国教育部的第二次机会佩尔项目 to benefit incarcerated students at Lansing Correctional Facility
LPL外围网址 is pleased to announce that we have been selected to participate in the U.美国教育部的第二次机会佩尔项目.
This program creates educational opportunities for incarcerated students by providing need-based Federal Pell Grants to individuals enrolled in post-secondary programs offered by approved colleges and universities. Before the current expansion, just 63 schools in 26 states had been invited to participate. 这些机构得到大约36美元的奖励.2 million in Federal Pell Grants during the first two years of the program. 在那个时候, 11,750名学生获得了联邦佩尔助学金, 三年后, 4,000 post-secondary degrees and credentials have been awarded to those students. LPL外围网址 is one of only 67 new institutions chosen from more than 180 schools that applied to be added this year.
LPL外围网址 has a nineteen-year history of working closely with the Kansas Department of Corrections (KDOC) and the Lansing Correctional Facility (LCF) administration to provide college-level educational programs to Lansing inmates. 自2001年以来, nearly 500 inmates have taken Donnelly courses and 23 have graduated with 准度. 虽然我们为这个记录感到骄傲, we know that many more inmates will be able to benefit from our academic programs now that Donnelly has been approved for the Second Chance Pell program.
去年秋天, when KDOC began working with the Kansas Board of Regents (KBOR) to develop a coordinated strategy to provide postsecondary educational programs at correctional facilities across Kansas, Donnelly was invited to become a charter member of the newly formed Kansas Consortium for Correctional Higher Education (KCCHE). 虽然私立大学不受KBOR管辖, Donnelly was included in the consortium based on our long standing commitment to our Lansing students and our excellent relationship with LCF.
通过财团, Donnelly will not only expand our own associate degree programs, we will also to connect them with programs offered by two other KCCHE member institutions: a welding certificate program offered by Kansas City Kansas Community College (KCKCC) and a bachelor’s program in Business Administration offered by University of St. 玛丽在莱文沃思(USM). We are excited about the additional opportunities these new pathways will provide for incarcerated students seeking a postsecondary certificate or degree.
“This award will allow our Lansing students to complete their associate degree in business in a timely manner and increase the opportunity to many others who want to complete their post-secondary education. LPL外围网址 students at Lansing are among the most inquisitive students in our associate degree program. This opportunity will allow them to explore the field of business and gain employable skills for the future,丽莎·斯图霍夫说, Vice President of Academic and Student Affairs / Dean of the College.
In addition to establishing new educational pathways through KCCHE, Donnelly will continue to encourage LCF students to continue their education after release on our main campus, either completing their associate degree or enrolling in one of our two bachelor’s degree programs—our Bachelor of Science in Information Systems or our Bachelor of Arts in 商业领导. 唐纳利会提供录取通知书, 金融援助, 辅导, and career services support to ensure that LCF students successfully transition to campus-based programs after release.
Donnelly's longstanding commitment to providing postsecondary educational programming at LCF is an extension of our mission of "providing education and community services with personal concern for the needs and abilities of each student, 尤其是那些可能得不到服务的人." Our 金融援助 staff has extensive experience administering Federal Pell grants and we have a number of experienced and dedicated instructors who have taught in the LCF program for many years.
卡尔·休斯10岁, 兰辛大学的毕业生和企业家说, “如果能用一个词来概括的话, (这个项目)给了我们机会.... Having the opportunity to not lose those years — to be able to walk out and do something — the appreciation can't be said.”