Who We Are
The Texas Prison Education Initiative is a volunteer-run organization at the University of Texas at Austin offering credit-bearing college courses through UT-Extension to incarcerated youth and adults at no cost to students. Since 2018, more than 130 incarcerated youths and students have enrolled in our pre-college, college, and enrichment courses, and 60 graduate students, postdocs, and faculty members volunteered with TPEI. Our mission at the University of Texas-Austin is to provide credit-bearing, liberal arts education to incarcerated juveniles and adults at no cost. We strive to reduce recidivism rates, make our communities safer, and change the lives of incarcerated Texans and their families. We believe that the liberal arts uniquely challenges students to understand themselves with
What We’re Fundraising For
We are fundraising to support two key areas of our program: Credit-Courses and Math Literacy. Our credit-courses cost roughly $200 per student per semester, inclusive of fees, books, and materials. Thus far, we have offered courses in Sociology, Rhetoric & Writing, English, Philosophy, Education Studies, and Mathematics. We are hoping to expand these course offerings over the next year. This summer, we are running a non-credit math literacy program at Lockhart to help our incarcerated students develop their quantitative reasoning skills and prepare for college-level math and science courses like statistics, college algebra, physics, and more.
Your Impact
Your gifts will help ensure that incarcerated students at Lockhart Women's Prison have access to the life-changing power of education. Today, more than 155,000 adults are living behind bars in Texas prisons. That's more people than can fit into UT's Darrell K. Royal Texas Memorial Football Stadium (the 9th largest stadium in the world). With so many of our community members locked away, we need to make a change. College courses in the liberal arts provide a unique path for incarcerated students to understand themselves in relation to history, society, and culture, and act as a catalyst for transformation from prisoner to scholar.
At the end of each semester, we hold a ceremony at Lockhart to celebrate the hard work of all of our students and teachers. Students often come to tears sharing how meaningful their participation in TPEI has been, and more than one has said "I finally feel like I have done something my family can be proud of."
Rank | Prize | Participating Groups | Gifts |
---|---|---|---|
1 | $1,500 | UT Sailing Team | 89 |
2 | $750 | Texas Trap and Skeet | 86 |
3 | $250 | Texas Orange Jackets | 23 |
4 | Cockrell School of Engineering | 15 | |
5 | Texas Exes Chapters and Networks | 14 | |
6 | McCombs School of Business | 13 | |
7 | College of Fine Arts | 9 | |
8 | College of Liberal Arts | 8 | |
9 | UT Student Emergency Fund | 8 | |
10 | LBJ School of Public Affairs | 7 | |
11 | College of Natural Sciences | 7 | |
12 | School of Law | 7 | |
13 | Harry Ransom Center | 7 | |
14 | Texas Crew | 7 | |
15 | Steve Hicks School of Social Work | 6 |
Rank | Prize | Participating Groups | Gifts |
---|---|---|---|
1 | $1,500 | Texas Crew | 126 |
2 | $750 | Texas Orange Jackets | 113 |
3 | $250 | Texas Trap and Skeet | 109 |
4 | TX Votes | 35 | |
5 | Texas Exes | 27 | |
6 | Texas Exes Chapters and Networks | 26 | |
7 | UT Sailing Team | 23 | |
8 | Dell Medical School | 16 | |
9 | McCombs School of Business | 15 | |
10 | Cockrell School of Engineering | 14 | |
11 | College of Natural Sciences | 14 | |
12 | Black Studies at UT Austin | 11 | |
13 | College of Liberal Arts | 10 | |
14 | UT Student Emergency Fund | 10 | |
15 | Longhorn Athletic Training Student Association | 9 |
Rank | Prize | Participating Groups | Raised |
---|---|---|---|
1 | $1,500 | Cockrell School of Engineering | $28,865.00 |
2 | $750 | Longhorn Wrestling | $11,050.00 |
3 | $250 | College of Liberal Arts | $10,835.00 |
4 | Landmarks | $10,025.00 | |
5 | Texas Exes | $9,809.00 | |
6 | School of Law | $8,045.00 | |
7 | McCombs School of Business | $5,055.00 | |
8 | College of Natural Sciences | $3,228.00 | |
9 | Longhorn Band | $3,060.00 | |
10 | Moody College of Communication | $2,640.00 | |
11 | LBJ School of Public Affairs | $2,460.00 | |
12 | School of Architecture | $2,200.00 | |
13 | UT Sailing Team | $2,185.00 | |
14 | Texas Crew | $1,675.00 | |
15 | School of Nursing | $1,585.00 |
Rank | Prize | Participating Groups | Gifts |
---|---|---|---|
1 | $3,000 | Texas Trap and Skeet | 783 |
2 | $1,000 | Texas Orange Jackets | 636 |
3 | $500 | Texas Crew | 394 |
4 | McCombs School of Business | 380 | |
5 | Cockrell School of Engineering | 346 | |
6 | Texas Exes Chapters and Networks | 301 | |
7 | College of Liberal Arts | 267 | |
8 | College of Natural Sciences | 265 | |
9 | Texas Exes | 253 | |
10 | UT Sailing Team | 218 | |
11 | UT Student Emergency Fund | 210 | |
12 | Moody College of Communication | 192 | |
13 | TX Votes | 166 | |
14 | Longhorn Band Student Association | 165 | |
15 | University of Texas Libraries | 149 |
Rank | Prize | Participating Groups | Gifts |
---|---|---|---|
1 | $1,500 | Texas Crew | 114 |
2 | $750 | Longhorn Band Student Association | 73 |
3 | $250 | Texas Trap and Skeet | 51 |
4 | Cockrell School of Engineering | 42 | |
5 | McCombs School of Business | 22 | |
6 | Texas Exes Chapters and Networks | 17 | |
7 | College of Liberal Arts | 16 | |
8 | Texas Orange Jackets | 16 | |
9 | Dell Medical School | 12 | |
10 | Harry Ransom Center | 12 | |
11 | Texas Exes | 11 | |
12 | School of Law | 11 | |
13 | School of Nursing | 9 | |
14 | Classics Department | 9 | |
15 | TX Votes | 9 |
Rank | Prize | Department | Gifts |
---|---|---|---|
1 | $1,500 | Texas Orange Jackets | 195 |
2 | $750 | Texas Trap and Skeet | 170 |
3 | $250 | Cockrell School of Engineering | 55 |
4 | McCombs School of Business | 53 | |
5 | Texas Exes Chapters and Networks | 47 | |
6 | Texas Exes | 32 | |
7 | College of Liberal Arts | 32 | |
8 | College of Natural Sciences | 32 | |
9 | UT Student Emergency Fund | 28 | |
10 | Moody College of Communication | 24 | |
11 | Daily Texan | 21 | |
12 | Texas Crew | 21 | |
13 | UT Sailing Team | 19 | |
14 | TX Votes | 18 | |
15 | Black Studies at UT Austin | 17 |
Rank | Prize | Participating Groups | Gifts |
---|---|---|---|
1 | $1,500 | Texas Trap and Skeet | 68 |
2 | $750 | Texas Orange Jackets | 67 |
3 | $250 | Texas Men's Water Polo | 27 |
4 | UT Sailing Team | 21 | |
5 | Classics Department | 16 | |
6 | Texas Exes Chapters and Networks | 15 | |
7 | McCombs School of Business | 12 | |
8 | UT Archery Club | 10 | |
9 | College of Liberal Arts | 7 | |
10 | University of Texas Libraries | 7 | |
11 | Moody College of Communication | 7 | |
12 | School of Nursing | 7 | |
13 | Texas Exes | 6 | |
14 | School of Law | 6 | |
15 | College of Natural Sciences | 6 |
Rank | Prize | Participating Groups | Gifts |
---|---|---|---|
1 | $1,500 | Texas Orange Jackets | 61 |
2 | $750 | Texas Crew | 60 |
3 | $250 | Texas Exes Chapters and Networks | 27 |
4 | College of Natural Sciences | 26 | |
5 | Texas Exes | 22 | |
6 | Texas 4000 for Cancer | 15 | |
7 | McCombs School of Business | 14 | |
8 | Harry Ransom Center | 14 | |
9 | TX Votes | 14 | |
10 | University of Texas Libraries | 12 | |
11 | Texas Trap and Skeet | 12 | |
12 | College of Liberal Arts | 11 | |
13 | Dell Medical School | 11 | |
14 | UT Student Emergency Fund | 11 | |
15 | The University of Texas Weightlifting team | 10 |
Rank | Prize | Participating Groups | Raised |
---|---|---|---|
1 | $3,000 | Texas Exes | $1,594,752.95 |
2 | $1,000 | McCombs School of Business | $1,292,542.12 |
3 | $500 | Moody College of Communication | $1,181,474.00 |
4 | Dell Medical School | $548,353.04 | |
5 | LBJ School of Public Affairs | $447,655.23 | |
6 | The University of Texas at Austin | $247,057.53 | |
7 | Cockrell School of Engineering | $246,177.00 | |
8 | Texas Athletics | $245,665.00 | |
9 | College of Natural Sciences | $205,904.14 | |
10 | UT Student Emergency Fund | $154,000.37 | |
11 | Black Studies at UT Austin | $107,261.00 | |
12 | College of Liberal Arts | $86,029.00 | |
13 | Longhorn Band | $82,985.00 | |
14 | University of Texas Libraries | $50,216.00 | |
15 | Texas Exes Chapters and Networks | $28,174.14 |
Rank | Prize | Participating Groups | Gifts |
---|---|---|---|
1 | $1,500 | Texas Orange Jackets | 61 |
2 | $750 | Texas Trap and Skeet | 60 |
3 | $250 | Longhorn Band Student Association | 53 |
4 | Texas Exes | 15 | |
5 | McCombs School of Business | 13 | |
6 | Texas Exes Chapters and Networks | 11 | |
7 | Classics Department | 10 | |
8 | Texas 4000 for Cancer | 9 | |
9 | Cockrell School of Engineering | 8 | |
10 | UT Student Emergency Fund | 8 | |
11 | Moody College of Communication | 7 | |
12 | College of Education | 5 | |
13 | LBJ School of Public Affairs | 5 | |
14 | College of Fine Arts | 5 | |
15 | Black Studies at UT Austin | 5 |
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