Hogan is a doctoral student in computer science at UC San Diego and lives in Santee. This fall will be my third time teaching introductory computer science inside Richard J. Donovan Correctional ...

In a new episode of Voices of Student Success, hear about a recently launched college bridge program that improves college readiness for students enrolled in higher education programs in prison. While ...

I have been in prison for 33 years now, and for 28 of those years I tried, unsuccessfully, to get an education. When I was on death row, I was told by corrections officers that getting an education ...

Co-hosted by the Calvin Prison Initiative and the Michigan Consortium for Higher Education in Prison (MiCHEP), the conference, held at Calvin University, will bring together higher education and ...

In July 2023, Congress lifted a 26-year ban on Pell Grants for individuals in prison, which allowed new programs to provide education for incarcerated people—but the lifting of the ban also ...

The struggles of prisoners illustrate flaws in Nebraska’s prison education system despite some recent successes. Getting a post-secondary education while incarcerated is challenging, confusing and ...

The Calvin Prison Initiative is pleased to offer the second Higher Education in Prison conference in June 2025. Building on the success of the first conference offered in 2022 which looked at best ...

For every person enrolled in higher education at Illinois prisons, someone else is waiting for their turn, according to new state data that reveals a system where access to college depends largely on ...

Since Pell Grants have become available to people pursuing degrees from prison, every state and the Federal Bureau of Prisons has tried to expand access to higher education. What they haven’t all done ...

The Alabama Community College System Wednesday approved a $23.3 million budget for prison education. The money, allocated by the Alabama Legislature in April, is a $500,000 increase (2.2%) over the ...