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Most women in jail serve time in facilities that also house men. However, there are 18 jails nationally that house women only, and this study is based on surveys and interviews administered at 5 of these jails. It explores the extent to which women's jails meet the needs of inmates who want to further their education and training, maintain and deepen bonds with their children, and overcome their addictions to drugs and alcohol as well as their histories of emotional, physical, and sexual abuse. The findings suggest that, when it comes to meeting most of these needs, the programming in women's jails fails miserably.
Faculty often believe that if they do notpublish, they willperish. Faculty developers can respond to this need by helpingfaculty increase their scholarly productivity. Research shows thatfaculty are more productive ifthey writefor [15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30] minutes dairy, organize their writingaroundkey sentences, andgetextensive.feedback on drafts. This article evaluates a program hosted on two campuses that aimed at supporting 115faculty achieve these goals. Throughout the program, participants kept records oftimethey spent writing and the number ofpages they wrote and at the endofthe program, they were surveyed. These data reveal that if participants continued towrite and revise prose at the rate they did during the program, they wouldproduce 75polishedpages peryear. According to survey results, 83% ofparticipants would participate in the program again, and 95% would recommend it to their colleagues.
INTRoDucnoNT h is essay evaluates the extent to which "Publish, Don't Perish," a program designed to help faculty flourish as writers, enabled participants to achieve the following three program goals: 1) Improve time management by developing the discipline to write daily for at least 15-30 minutes; 2) improve writing by learning to organize each paragraph, section, and paper around a key sentence; and 3) improve writing by seeking feedback within a community of scholars. These outcomes were measured by
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