Adrian, MI – Siena Heights University has recently had a new location approved by the Higher Learning Commission for the “Rising Education Program” or REP.
REP is an extension of the federal Second Chance Pell Program and a partnership between the Michigan Department of Corrections and Jackson College.
Since February of 2022, Siena Heights has offered a Corrections Education program at the Cooper Street Correctional in Jackson. As of January of this year, the HLC has approved the Cotton Correctional Facility in Jackson. This enables Siena’s REP to expand their services to inmates who might not have had equal access to an education.
The decision to expand was a result of classroom space limitations, as well as expanding educational access to higher-security level prisoner-students.
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