Rising Scholars Program Committee

Charge

To inform and guide the scaling out of a model Rising Scholars Program. The committee will do this by overseeing applications of policy, procedures, practices, and processes for incarcerated students and prison education. It will develop best practices for integrated services and processes to ensure equitable delivery of services go to this unique population. It will assist College Council to recommend new or modified policy and procedure for incarcerated student instruction, student services, and learning support services.

Meetings

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Agenda and Minutes

Composition

• Vice President, Instruction (administrator)
• Director, Rising Scholars Program
• Administrator from Student Services
• Faculty from Letters and Sciences with experience teaching in the prison
• Faculty from Career Technical Educational with experience teaching in the prison
• Faculty with no experience teaching in the prison
• Faculty counselor
• Faculty Librarian
• Classified staff members
• Student (x2), one formerly incarcerated and one currently incarcerated, if feasible

Evaluation and Assessment

Evaluation to be determined by the permanently constituted committee.