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The International Community Justice Association (ICJA) has signed a partnership agreement with Russell Sage College to meet the needs of the workforce and offer important opportunities for professional growth.
The Workforce Development Partnership provides International Community Justice Association members with a 10% tuition discount and deferred tuition payment for qualifying graduate programs offered at Russell Sage, including its M.S. in Criminal Justice and Community Corrections. (See all eligible programs on the Russell Sage website.)
“Our role as a higher education institution is to meet the needs of the workforce with relevant, affordable, and timely programs that help professionals to grow and the needs of the community to be served,” said Russell Sage President Matthew Shaftel. “We’re pleased to collaborate with the International Community Justice Association as a Workforce Development Partnership member to make graduate education more accessible.”
In 2023, Russell Sage launched the nation’s first online M.S. in Criminal Justice and Community Corrections, which prepares students for the significant changes in the criminal justice field. This affordable 36-credit master’s degree includes courses in institutional corrections and offender rehabilitation, offender reentry and reintegration, community corrections, restorative justice, abnormal psychology, forensic mental health and the law, and more.
“We are thrilled to partner with Russell Sage College to provide our members with accessible, high-quality educational opportunities,” said Toni Carbetta, executive coordinator for ICJA. “This partnership supports our mission to advance community justice by helping professionals strengthen their skills, enhance their careers, and ultimately better serve the communities they work with.”
About Russell Sage College: Russell Sage College serves more than 2,700 students in bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral programs on co-ed campuses in Albany and Troy, New York, as well as online. The Russell Sage experience includes The Gator Gateway, a curated, supported pathway to success for all undergraduate students, and noted programs in the health sciences, education, and the visual and performing arts. A Russell Sage graduate will forever “Be. Know. Do.” enhancing their lives and the lives of those around them.
About the International Community Justice Association: The International Community Justice Association aspires to change the public perception of justice-involved individuals, end the overuse of incarceration and correctional supervision, and achieve a just society. It promotes public safety through evidence-informed practices for justice-involved individuals through collaborative community-based treatment services, research, and advocacy.