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Photo A Prison University Project student working on an assignment in study hall at San Quentin State Prison. Credit R. J. Lozada Imagine if prisons looked like the grounds of universities. Instead of languishing in cells incarcerated people sat in classrooms and learned about climate science or poetry just like college students. Or even with them.This would be a boon to prisoners across the country a vast majority of whom do not have a high school diploma. And it could help shrink our prison population. While racial disparities in arrests and convictions are alarming education level is a far stronger predictor of future incarceration than race.The idea is rooted in history. In the 1920s Howard Belding Gill a criminologist and a Harvard alumnus developed a http://kkflipkart.1apps.com/default.shtml college-like community at the Norfolk State Prison Colony in Massachusetts where he was the superintendent. Prisoners wore normal clothing participated in cooperative self-government with staff and took academic courses with instructors from Emerson Boston University and Harvard. They ran a newspaper radio show and jazz orchestra and they had access to an extensive library.Norfolk had such a good reputation Malcolm X asked to be transferred there from Charlestown State Prison in Boston so as he wrote in his petition he could use the educational facilities that aren t in these other institutions. At Norfolk there are many things that I would like to learn that would be of use to me when I regain my freedom. After Malcolm X s request was granted he joined the famous Norfolk Debate Society through which inmates connected to students at Harvard and other universities. Advertisement Continue reading the main story Researchers from the Bureau of Prisons emulated this model when they created a prison college project in the 1960s. It allowed incarcerated people throughout the country to serve their sentences at a single site designed like a college campus and take classes full-time. Although the project was never completed San Quentin State Prison in California created a scaled-down version with support from the Ford Foundation and it was one of the few prisons then that offered higher education classes. Newsletter Sign Up Continue reading the main story Sign Up for the Opinion Today Newsletter Every weekday get thought-provoking commentary from Op-Ed columnists the Times editorial board and contributing writers from around the world. Please verify you re not a robot by clicking the box. Invalid email address. Please re-enter. You must select a newsletter to subscribe to. Sign Up You agree to receive occasional updates and special offers for The New York Times s products and services. Thank you for subscribing. An error has occurred. Please try again later. You are already subscribed to this email. View all New York Times newsletters. See Sample Manage Email Preferences Not you? Privacy Policy Opt out or contact us anytime Today only a third of all prisons provide ways for incarcerated people to continue their educations beyond high school. But the San Quentin Prison University Project remains one of the country s most vibrant educational programs for inmates so much so President Barack Obama awarded it a National Humanities Medal in 2015 for the quality of its courses. Continue reading the main story
HYDERABAD: Number of MTech seats in Telangana are likely to drop by 50% for 2018-19 academic year as 28 engineering colleges under Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTUH) seek closure of 77 courses. The JNTUH is inspecting engineering pharmacy and management colleges for affiliation. The inspection teams are verifying compliance of norms related to infrastructure library laboratories faculty and biometric attendance in all colleges. According to officials there were nearly 16 000 MTech seats during academic year 2017-18 but 28 colleges sought no objection certificates to close 77 MTech courses. College managements attribute lack of mandatory resources sought by JNTUH in running MTech courses. Stringent norms set by JNTUH has forced several colleges to shut the courses. Some of them include mandatory appointment of PhD qualified faculty which is a challenge across India said Srini Bupalam vice-president of All India Federation of Self-Financing Institutions. He admitted that colleges were not seeking closure of courses due to lack of demand for MTech. College managements argue that closures are higher in the state as government wants to reduce the burden of fee reimbursement scheme by enforcing stringent affiliation norms. Apart from this 11 engineering colleges have also sought progressive closure from the ensuing academic year. In addition four colleges have decided to close seven courses in M Pharmacy three colleges in MCA courses and one college in MBA. While we received 282 applications for affiliations during 2017-18 this year it dropped to 266 for renewal of affiliations said a JNTUH official privy to affiliation process. Few engineering colleges have moved court against JNTUH norms and affiliation deadline. Last year JNTUH declared the list of affiliated colleges days before the counselling process. This year college managements seek early release of affiliations.
Rajasthan: Women students in colleges in Rajasthan will have to keep their skinny jeans and crop tops in their closets and show up in salwar-kameez complete with a dupatta or saris from the next academic session. Western wear isn t an option anymore said a principal.According to a letter by the Commissionerate of College Education to all state-run colleges the principals are expected to decide the colour of the dress for boys and girls and submit the final order by March 12. Colleges which already have a dress code have been asked to specify their uniforms.The dress code will be applied to all students as long as they are on campus. A similar decision covering teaching staff has been put on hold for now. Students teachers and activists have termed the move regressive and a violation of their right to choose what to wear.A History professor who didn t wish to be named said that when the world is taking one step forward India is taking two steps back. It s obnoxious. Anjali Meena a first year student at Kanoria College said These are our years of freedom after we get married we may or may not be allowed to wear jeans and T-shirts it s unfair that we aren t given an option to choose what we wear. Her classmate Megha Saini is also wondering why the boys in her college are not being forced to wear kurts pyjama. The government says that boys and girls are equal but this is discrimination. The principal of a government college in Jaipur said We will have a meeting with students and decide the colour code for these dresses. The opposition has accused the BJP government in the state of saffronising education. The Congress has promised to oppose the decision. The government had earlier distributed saffron-coloured cycles and changed the colour of the school uniforms as well said Govind Singh Dotasra Congress lawmaker from Lakshmangarh. This government wants to make babas not doctors or engineers he alleged.Dismissing the allegations education minister Kiran Maheshwari said that the move is aimed at separating http://kkflipkart.mihanblog.com/ students from outsiders and former students who often enter the colleges and create nuisance. The decision over colour and style of the uniform has been left to the colleges. Comments During the Guru-Shishya Samvad (student-teacher dialogue) in the state the demand for dress code was raised. It will help promote discipline on the campus. It s not a diktat and it will be implemented only after the principals administrations hold discussions with college unions and they come to a consensus. Last year soon after taking charge of the country s most populous state Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had asked the state-run as well as aided colleges to ensure a dress code. The teachers were asked to dress up modestly and give up jeans and T-shirts . Teachers are role models for students; if they are dressed decorously students will follow suit the circular read.