Lifers share their experiences with college in prison before 1994.
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Posted inHigher Ed in Prisons
They saw the demise of college in prison. Thirty years later, it’s coming back.
Four lifers share how the elimination of Pell Grants in 1994 disrupted college programs in prison.
Posted inCollege Inside
Studying inside at age 87
“What would you want me to do, sit around and play cards?” says Kathy Tyler.
Posted inMississippi
Prison education programs are primed to take off in Mississippi. Here’s what one class looks like.
These programs are primed to explode in partnership with the Mississippi Department of Corrections.
Posted inCollege Inside
What we can learn from one state as Pell returns
A look at education inside Washington prisons offers insight into the challenges of implementing Pell Grants across the country.
Posted inPittsburgh
Federal financial aid is returning to PA prisons. But getting a college degree inside won’t be easy.
Incarcerated people hoping to prepare for life on the outside or just better themselves face waits, and programs are limited — but Pell Grants bring hope to some would-be students.
Posted inCollege Inside
‘I know how to walk the walk’
As some of the largest employers across the country, colleges and universities can provide job opportunities to formerly incarcerated students in addition to educating them.
Posted inHigher Ed in Prisons
‘I know how to walk the walk’ — the power of hiring a formerly incarcerated student
Donnie Veal, 51, doesn’t fit the profile of a typical student at University of California Santa Cruz. In fact, he served more time in prison than many undergraduates have been alive. Veal has had to get used to his professors questioning whether he’s a student and his classmates mistaking him for the professor or a […]
Posted inHigher Ed in Prisons
Native Hawaiians are overrepresented in prisons. Here’s how cultural education could help.
Having culturally relevant content makes higher ed more relatable to Indigenous students, encouraging more of them to pursue degrees.
Posted inCalifornia
California inmates depended on community colleges. What happens when their prisons close?
Newsom is closing and downsizing prisons across the state, putting the future of over a thousand incarcerated students at risk. College administrators say they have few resources to help.