Podcasts
“It’s Your Time” – UCI LIFTED
«It's Your Time» - UCI LIFTED In this episode, we hear from two recent UC Irvine students, Babak Gilani and Alfonso Matas. Both men are graduates of the UCI LIFTED program, each graduating with honors in Sociology. The acronym, "LIFTED", stands for Leveraging...
UCI Podcast: New in-prison bachelor’s degree to transform lives
University of California, Irvine · UCI’s new in-prison bachelor’s degree to transform lives For people who are incarcerated, college can change their life: The likelihood that they will wind up back in prison after they’re released drops dramatically when they earn...
KQED: UC to Launch Its First Bachelor’s Program in Prison
UC Irvine and the state prison system have reached a deal to create the first University of California bachelor’s degree program behind bars. Since California opened the door for community colleges to teach in prisons in 2014, some 2,000 incarcerated men and women...
Ask a Leader: Keramet Reiter
In-Prison UC Education Is Coming And “Pan-Damn It!” Posted on November 10, 2020by Claudia Shambaugh In the first segment, Keramet Reiter returns to the show to talk about UCI’s launching the first in-prison BA completion program in the UC system. Professor Reiter,...