Rising Scholars
Coverage of Rising Scholars in the Nexus archive.
- California gave every student in prison a laptop. How community colleges are using them
California distributed 30,000 laptops to incarcerated students over three years at a cost of $23.2 million, enabling online coursework in prisons. The shift from physical correspondence courses to digital learning is expanding access to education, though debates persist about the effectiveness of online versus in-person classes. Community colleges and the state’s Rising Scholars program are central to this initiative.
- California gave every student in prison a laptop. How community colleges are using them
California prisons have distributed 30,000 laptops to incarcerated students over three years, spending $23.2 million, shifting from mail-based to online courses. The initiative, part of the Rising Scholars program, aims to enhance tech literacy and workforce readiness, though some debate online learning's effectiveness compared to in-person classes.