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| Ivy Tech Pulls Out of Prison GED Programs |
| By indianapublicmedia.org - Julie Rawe |
| Published: 07/12/2012 |
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Indiana -- Ivy Tech Community College will no longer administer Indiana’s prison GED programs. The Department of Corrections and Ivy Tech allowed their two-year contract to expire on July 1 after disagreements over funding and staffing. Representatives say that’s because the DOC wanted more staff for the program but couldn’t allocate more funding to pay for it. The program costs about 6.5 million dollars each year. Before the partnership with Ivy Tech, the DOC used to staff the program itself. Ivy Tech Corporate College President Matt Bell says when the college took over the program, they were able to do it with less money, and they have continued to cut costs while they have had the contract. “There are significantly fewer instructors working today than were working in the past, and that was really a contractual choice that was made by our partners in the DOC,” he says. Bell says Ivy Tech calculates it was saving the Department of Corrections more than 10 million dollars each year. Department of Corrections education director John Nally says several colleges are in the running to replace Ivy Tech as the new GED program provider and that, in choosing a provider, they’ll still be looking for a college willing to employ more staff at a low cost. Read More. |
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