Ohio University offers a grant to cover partial expenses for their incarcerated student program. The university also offers academic advising and degree planning, plus linkage to other university offices and personnel. The university has been offering incarcerated students education grants and programs since 1974. It offers accredited college degrees by correspondence. Degrees include Associates of Arts, Associates of Sciences, and Associates of Applied Business. Ohio University offers bachelor's degrees in criminal justice, nursing, business, and applied and technical sciences.
College Program for the Incarcerated
Haning Hall 222
Ohio University
Athens, OH 45701
(800) 444-2910
ohiou.edu
This continuing education facility offers a grant to inmates for their first year of classes. It is a combined effort with the North Carolina Department of Corrections. These are self-paced educational correspondence courses. Credits are granted for these courses from eight institutions in the University of North Carolina system. Course degrees are offered in humanities, social sciences, math, and natural sciences. There are also degree programs in accounting, business, health education, hospitality management, and parks, recreation, and tourism management.
The William and Ida Friday Center
100 Friday Center Drive
Campus Box 1020
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-1020
(800) 862-5669
Wesleyan University offers possible full grant to inmates in Connecticut. Past crimes and sentences are not considered. Essays and research papers are part of the admission process, and only a predetermined amount of inmates are excepted each year. The programs are highly organized, and academic progress is the main criterion. The university offers undergraduate courses in the humanities and natural and social sciences.
Wesleyan University
70 Wyllys Avenue
Middletown, CT 06459
(860) 685-2000
wesleyan.edu