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Prison education programs are
not likely to rehabilitate prison
inmates, researchers at The
Pennsylvania State University
contend.
Although endorsed by many
prominent figures in the
American correctional system,
they' can accomplish almost
nothing within the traditional
prison environment, according to
Dr. Morgan V. Lewis, senior
research associate in the Institute
for Research on Human
Resources.
"Neither expenditures of large
sums of money for prison
education nor substantial changes
in the programs themselves will
bring about the type of positive
personal growth assumed under
the term 'rehabilitation'," Dr.
Lewis warm.
He has reached his conclusions
after conducting a four-year
study of an experimental
educational program at the State
Correctional Institution at Camp
Hill, a prison which confines 15-21
year old male offenders. Using a
grant from the National
Endowment for the Humanities,
Dr. Lewis designed a program to
expose young inmates to the
humanities in hopes that it would
help them achieve a sense of
personal identity and develop
more socially approved values.
Despite the fact that 75 per cent
of the inmates reported feeling
positive opinions about the
program, follow-up interviews
over a three-year period showed
that almost one-third of those
released were returned to prison.
Of those still in society, almost
one-third were unemployed at
each interview, and many who
held jobs expressed
dissatisfaction with them.
Inmates who participated in the
humanities program were in-
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Dr. Glenn G. Carter has been
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Admission
Up to 24059
Applications for admission to
The Pennsylvania State
University for the Winter„Spring,
Summer and Fall Terms of 1974
are running ahead of those of a
year ago.
University officials reported to
the Board of Trustees as of
January 4, 24,059 applications for
admission had been received as
compared to 22,944 on the same
date in 1973.
There were 20,964 for ad
mission as baccalaureate degree
students, 1,051 for the associate
degree programs, 1,967 for ad
mission with advanced standing,
and 77 for extended degree
programs, such as the two-year
letters, arts and sciences
program.
Admission goals for the four
terms in 1974 are 10,425 for
baccalaureate programs, 1,775
for associate degree programs,
and 1,950 for students with ad
vanced standing. Admissions at
the Capitol campus at Mid
dletown and at the Milton S.
Hershey Medical Center are not
included in the figures reported at
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troduced to musical instruments,
encouraged to write, and to
participate in original plays.
Extensive psychological
testing, however, revealed no
significant differences between
them and two control groups of
inmates who did not join the
program in their attitudes toward
humanities after release. They
were no more likely to read
books, write essays or poems, or
attend concerts and plays.
Dr. Lewis believes that both
experimental and traditional
prison education programs fail to
influence inmates because of the
overwhelming effect of the prison
environment.
"Since the primary function of
most prisons is not to rehabilitate
but to confine inmates, methods
of social control based on coer
cion are usually adopted," he
says, "and inmates tend to be
reduced to the status of non
persons. As long as a prison is a
prison, that is, as long as it
confines inmates, it seems
doubtful that honest
rehabilitation is possible."
Accordingly, the Penn State
researcher suggests that the
functions of punishment and
treatment should be separated
into distinct settings where they
could be more effectively ac
complished.
"Even though educational
programs are unlikely to
rehabilitate inmates, it does not
Benefits For Vets
The Veterans Outreach Office.
What can it do for the Penn State
University student veteran and
what can it do for the veteran who
is considering utilization of his
"G.I. Bill" benefits?
First of all, it contacts by direct
mail all University Park
Veterans in order to notify them
of any information important to
their academic careers. Com
monwealth campus veterans will
be notified through the respon
sible individual at their campus.
Secondly, a "Problem Center"
on each Commonwealth campus
is capable of providing the same
level of assistance as provided at
University Park. In addition,
within the limits of the budget
and the size of the veteran
Altoona Campus of the University
and in his role will report to Dr.
Raymond 0. Murphy, vice
president for student affairs.
The office of Secondary School
Relations was established by the
Board of Trustees of the
University to develop a formal
program for making information
on educational opportunities at
the University more readily"
available to prospective students.
A long range program to be
conducted on a system-wide
basis, the plan is designed to
improve the understanding of
prospective students, guidance
counselors and parents regarding
policies and procedures related to
undergraduate admissions.
The office also will serve as an
open channel of communication
between the University and
secondary schools.
Dr. Carter, a native of
Washington, Pa., received his
bachelor of arts and master of
arts degrees from Penn State as
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follow that they should be
discontinued," he says.
"They can contribute a break in
the stifling routine of prison life
and open new horizons for some
inmates. The humanities, in
particular, may give some
prisoners new perspectives and
make them more responsive and
aware of the realities of their own
lives."
The final report on the project,
"Prison Education and
Rehabilitation: Illusion or
Reality?" has been published by
the Institute for Research on
Human Resources.
Pick Your Kid's Sex
There's been a lot of iiews in the
newspapers the past few weeks
about research involving pre
ordained sex control in human
beings. Parents have been told
that they might, in the . near
future, be able to choose the sex
of their offspring.
But an internationally known
scientist at the Pennsylvania
State University cautions that we
shouldn't be overly optimistic
about such a monumental
breakthrough.
Dr. John 0. Almquist,
professor of dairy physiology and
a recognized expert on the
breeding of farm animals through
population, provision of services
and programs equal to those at
University Park at each Com
monwealth Campus.
Thirdly, there is admissions
counseling and admission (with
final approval of the Director of
Admissions) of all veterans to all
Penn State campuses.
There is also a simplified
procedure for provision of
qualified veteran tutors for those
who need them. (Paid for them
by V.A.).
Also offered is financial aid in
the form of :
A. Tuition deferment for the
first two terms at PSU or when
G.I. Bill checks are mistakenly
halted or late.
B. Veterans' 90 day interest
rector
well as his doctor of education
degree in higher education ad
ministration.
He joined the Penn State
Agricultural Extension Service in
Tioga County and later served as
executive secretary of the
Pennsylvania Association of
Farmer Cooperatives. He was
executive vice president and
general manager of Eastern
Dehydrating Co., Lexington,
N.C., before joining the
University's Continuing
Education Division at the
McKeesport Campus.
He moved to the Altoona
Campus as area representative
and in 1966 was named assistant
director of continuing education.
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artificial insemination, warns
that society might not be ready to
handle such "power."
And he points out that for
decades the public has been
alerted by various members of
the scientific community to the
inevitability of pre-ordained sex
control. Dr. Almquist says that he
has seen various experiements in
the area, published as "sure fire"
successes, "go just so far" before
reaching less-than-startling
conclusions.
Recently, there has been much
written, both in scientific and lay
publications, about a technique
developed in Berlin which
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recommendation of the Veterans
Counselor.
C. PHEAA veterans grant.
Virtually all undergraduate
veterans can qualify for cost of
tuition.
D. Veterans financial aid
counselor, Mr. Zell, who handles
all veterans applications for such
aid as:. College Work-Study,
National Defense Loans, PHEAA
Loans, and Basic Opportunity
Grants.
Other benefits that this office
serves are a learning support
center to strengthen basic
academic skills and a PREP
Program to prepare those who
would not otherwise be able to
qualify for entrance into Penn
State.
Certification of attendance and
change of marital status, ad
dress, etc., and peer and
professional counseling designed
to assist in solving virtually any
student veterans problems in
cluding any dealing with the V.A.
(such as late checks), are two
other benefits offered.
Lastly, a statewide Outreach
Program is designed to en
courage all veterans to utilize
their V.A. education benefits and
to find ways of doing so, and also
to find part-time job placement.
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allegedly can greatly increase the
likelihood that parents wanting to
produce a son can do just that.
This method, very basically,
involves screening sperm from
human semen that would produce
females. The "left-over" sperm
would then be used in artificial
insemination processes to
produce male offspring.
Dr. Almquist emphasizes,
though, that even when the sperm
that produces males and females
is separated, a tremdous
achievement in itself, the odds
against successful completion are
great. Thus, he is wary of many
of the early statistical reports
stemming from such research.
He feels that early reports of
marked successes often later
"balance gut" statistically,
showing that the "breakthrough"
wasn't so mind-boggling after all.
Dr. Almquist is quick to point
out that successful applications of
sex control techniques to farm
animals would be of tremendous
economic importance if ac
companied by no harmful effects
on fertility.
"But it is one thing to work for
sex control methods that can
produce a higher proportion of
heifers for dairy farmers and
steers for cattlemen and another
thing to apply this knowledge to
human life," he says, "I'm not so
sure I want to be associated with
that part of it."
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"All can laugh and enjoy the
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for several hours Friday night,
February 8. The festival will
begin at 11 p.m. and hosts the
funniest from Hollywood: the
Marx Brothers, W.C. Fields and
the Three Stooges, just to name a
few. The cartoons will include
Roadrunner, Speedy Gonzalos
and more. Imagine a festival
such as this for only a nickel
donation. There'll also be subs,
potato chips and pop on sale to
cure your munchies.
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