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1.0KGuest Opinion EssayAs Second Chance Pell Grant program grows, more incarcerated people can get degrees – but there’s a difference between prison-run and college-run education behind bars
Only 15% of people earn a college degree or postsecondary certificate during their incarceration.
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902NewsJaded with education, more Americans are skipping college
Hundreds of thousands of college-aged students didn't enroll in college during the pandemic.
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577GrantsCommunity college administration improvement exchange program grants
GRANT FOCUS: Education Administration, Community College, Education Improvement | Amount: Up to $500,000 | Deadline: Apr. 10, 2023
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525GrantsFood and agricultural sciences education promotion program grants
GRANT FOCUS: Agricultural Education, Food Science, K-12, Jobs/Careers, Workforce Development | Amount: $50,000 - $150,000 | Deadline: Apr. 5, 2023
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1.4KGuest Opinion EssayAdults need calming rooms, too
The solution to uncomfortable conversations is to expand the discussions, not shut them down.
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871NewsLearning to thrive after doing time
"Prison education is where you change lives,” says Dyersburg Community College President Scott Cook.
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843► ReportsRoadmap for change to support pregnant and parenting students
Researchers at the Urban Institute create a comprehensive roadmap to help pregnant and parenting students navigate the policy systems necessary for raising...
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590GrantsHawaii youth academic and career pathway support program grants
GRANT FOCUS: Youth Development/Support, College/Career Readiness, Youth Support, Hawaii | Amount: Up to $50,000 | Deadline: Jan. 27, 2023
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2.6KNewsUtah offers “free college for all” to juveniles behind bars
Along with New Jersey and California, Utah is among a growing number of states that are implementing postsecondary programming for incarcerated youth....
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2.3KNewsYouth and climate change: How a generation is adapting while fighting for their future
Climate change is a galvanizing force for young people whose lives are being radically altered by storms, wildfires, drought, heat waves and other effects...
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2.0KNewsGirl Scouts Beyond Bars maintains connections between incarcerated mothers and their children
Organizers say the aim of Girl Scouts Beyond Bars is to build relationships between incarcerated mothers and their children. In doing so,...
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1.0KNews‘I didn’t really learn anything’: COVID grads face college
Hundreds of thousands of recent graduates are heading to college this fall after spending more than half their high school careers dealing...
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1.6KGuest Opinion Essay
The Remix with Karen Pittman: Student Success + Youth Success = Field Success
I'm encouraged by recent signs that the Biden administration understands the importance of community-based organizations to the allied youth fields.
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1.6KNewsLuring pandemic-impacted youth back to college will take effort, educators say
Colleges and universities have lost nearly 1.3 million students since spring 2020 as youth of color bear the brunt of the pandemic...
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601GrantsCampus-based child care services for low-income students access program grants
GRANT FOCUS: Child Care Access, Higher Education, Low-Income Students, Young Parents | Amount: $90,000 - $1,000,000 | Deadline: July 11, 2022
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1.5KGuest Opinion EssayEducation-minded prisoners thirst for more college prison programs
Most prisons aren’t built to promote healthy, human transformation, let alone to help people pursue a higher education. Most prisons don’t create...
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2.4KGuest Opinion EssayNew, multimillion-dollar jail is no panacea for juvenile offenders
How one prisoner, sentenced as a teen, sees spending millions on new juvenile jail: Replacing an old youth jail with a new...
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1.1KNewsHow popular merit scholarships have perpetuated racial inequities across the South
The message seems simple: Anyone can get most, or even all, of their tuition paid through the state’s signature college scholarship program....
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1.5KNewsQ&A: From Louisiana prisoner to Louisiana State University graduate
Within months of his release from a lifetime imprisonment sentence in Louisiana's 18,000-acre prison in Angola, La., Andrew Hundley, then 34, enrolled...
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2.3KNewsAnalysis: Former juvenile lifers cite strengths and weaknesses of reentry preparation
Almost all of 112 Philadelphians who have been released from lifetime prison sentences said they participated in some form of prison programming,...
