Date of Award:

5-2013

Document Type:

Dissertation

Degree Name:

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Department:

School of Teacher Education and Leadership

Department name when degree awarded

Teacher Education and Leadership

Committee Chair(s)

Martha Whitaker

Committee

Martha Whitaker

Committee

Cinthya M. Saavedra

Committee

Barry Franklin

Committee

Barbara DeBoer

Committee

Martha Dever

Committee

Timothy A. Slocum

Abstract

Administration of post-secondary correctional education (PSCE) programs within state was vastly changed through legislation enacted in 2009. This study examined the transition of a PSCE system formerly facilitated by higher education to the current system administered by the State Department of Corrections (SDC). This qualitative case study involved multiple perspectives from five different stake-holding groups or five socials units: state legislators, county law enforcement personnel, university personnel, state higher education administrators, SDC personnel, and technical college personnel. A thick, rich description of the transition was obtained by relying on multiple perspectives offered by informants.

The stakeholders’ “display of multiple, refracted realities simultaneously” is both personal and shaped by their allegiance to their institutions as espoused by their chosen careers. Document analysis including enrolled copies of key legislation beginning with HB 235 in 2005, HB 86 in 2008, and legislation that is the focus of this research HB 100 in 2009 is presented. Additionally, SDC jail reports, describing state inmate populations, county warehousing costs of state inmates and projections for future availability in warehousing state inmates are utilized.

Checksum

76eb1f8656ba1c73ad5348956a21c313

Download

Included in

Education Commons

Share

COinS

Copyright for this work is retained by the student. If you have any questions regarding the inclusion of this work in the Digital Commons, please email us at .