PBK Grant for Prison Education release

For Immediate Release Contact:Carol Neel 719 389-6527 cneel@coloradocollege.edu CC’S LIBERAL ARTS IN CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES PROGRAM CONTINUES WITH $60,000 GRANT Faculty teach courses to

For Immediate Release Contact:

Carol Neel (719) 389-6527

cneel@coloradocollege.edu

CC’S LIBERAL ARTS IN CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES

PROGRAM CONTINUES WITH $60,000 GRANT

Faculty teach courses to incarcerated young adults

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo — April 19, 2019 — Colorado College’s “Liberal Arts in Correctional Facilities” initiative is now entering its third year and Denver’s PB and K Family Foundation has awarded the program a three-year, $60,000 seed grant aimed at sustaining Colorado College’s contribution through in-prison education

LACF has since raised another $15,000 and is seeking further funds to secure the long-term future of this educational contribution to the public good

Under this program, part of the college’s Collaborative for Community

Engagement, Colorado College faculty offer core liberal arts courses at no cost to either incarcerated men and women or to the Colorado Department

of Corrections

CC Professor of History Carol Neel notes, “This program is an opportunity for Colorado College to extend the benefits of a liberal arts perspective to

incarcerated individuals as well as to model for our students that

responsiveness to community needs is a fundamental part of educational privilege.”

CC faculty teach in Pueblo at the Youthful Offender System, a

medium-security correctional facility with strong educational and therapeutic

programs for individuals in their late teens and early 20s

Many national studies demonstrate the effectiveness of education in curbing recidivism and opening pathways to success for offenders returning to

society CC’s program at YOS, a collaboration with Pueblo Community

College, serves these goals

Through PCC, students receive credit guaranteed to transfer to any public college or university in Colorado Courses

offered include introductory humanities, writing for undergraduate success, and college math

About Colorado College

Colorado College is a nationally prominent, four-year liberal arts college founded in Colorado Springs in 1874 The college operates on the innovative Block Plan, in which its approximately 2,100 undergraduate students take one class at a time in intensive 3½-week segments In 2016, Colorado

College announced an alliance with the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, and the following year the two became the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center

at Colorado College, providing innovative, educational and multidisciplinary arts experiences for the campus and Colorado Springs communities The college also offers a master of arts in teaching degree For more information, visit www.coloradocollege.edu