"The United States is in the midst of a profound transformation the likes of which hasn't been seen since the Industrial Revolution, when America's classical colleges adapted to meet the needs of an emerging industrial economy. Today, as the world shifts to an increasingly interconnected knowledge economy, the intersecting forces of technological innovation, globalization, and demographic change create vast new challenges, opportunities, and uncertainties....

"Former dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Education and now Distinguished Fellow at the Bard Prison Initiative eloquently tells the stories of many formerly incarcerated college students and the remarkable transformations in their lifes. She argues that it is imperative, both for prisoners themselves and for society, that access to higher education be extended to include the incarcerated."--Jacket flap.