Bridging the gap between education and incarceration, six people in Tiptonville, Tennessee, recently got their bachelor s degrees through a historic collaboration with Lane College, a historically Black college in Jackson. The Tennessee Higher Education in Prison Initiative allows inmates to earn associate s, bachelor s and even master s degrees. Richard Donnell, senior adviser to the president at Lane College in Jackson, wrote the proposal for the college to participate in the Second Chance Pell Experiment program. .
The Iowa chapter of the Alzheimer s Association is raising awareness of adults who get lost during the holidays. The group holds educational seminars online, this month and next, focusing on topics for families struggling with all forms of dementia. The series teaches people how to identify symptoms of dementia by decoding behavioral messages the affected person displays, noticing common behavior triggers, and learning strategies to help intervene in some of the most common behavioral challenges of Alzheimer s disease. .
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