The SEICHE Center for Health and Justice at Yale announced two new educational programs for health practitioners who care for incarcerated populations around the world on Sept. 25. The two courses ...

When Congress lifted a 26-year ban on providing federal Pell Grants for people in prison, federal regulators and criminal-justice advocates worried that, without adequate safeguards, the education ...

Prison education programs offer a substantial return on investment by reducing recidivism and increasing employment rates among former inmates. Key policy recommendations include automatic enrollment ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Alison Griffin covers postsecondary education and the future of work. Prison education programs are designed to provide ...

The university will shutter its prison education program this summer. Georgia State University officials believe that a change in how Pell Grants are allocated plus a major budget decrease played a ...

An overwhelming number of incarcerated adults in state and federal prisons are interested in higher education. The number of prison education programs is growing, but the offerings are still limited ...

TEXARKANA, Texas - Texarkana College is expanding its prison education programs for incarcerated students. The college already has a prison program funded by the state, but thanks to new federal ...

Boston College Prison Education Program Director Patrick Conway has been named the inaugural Ignacio Chair of the program, a newly named and endowed directorship established through a generous gift by ...

When the U.S. Department of Education announced last summer that federal Pell Grants would become available to incarcerated college students, lawmakers and state corrections agencies scrambled to ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (Nebraska Examiner) - When the U.S. Department of Education announced last summer that federal Pell Grants would become available to incarcerated college students, lawmakers and state ...

A three-year $750,000 grant awarded to the Michigan College Access Network aims to strengthen and expand education programs ...