Some prison education programs are expanding to provide their alumni with a place to live alongside job assistance and other support.

Research shows getting educated in prison helps prevent people from going back. In Illinois, new state data shows higher education opportunities inside are sparse.

At its first meeting, the group said it is starting with data research as it examines how IPS and charter schools can share transportation, facility resources.

Juan Hernandez was a teenager when he was sentenced to prison. He was 32 when he finally completed his high school education.

Within hours of a federal lawsuit targeting Texas’ policy of letting its nearly 20,000 undocumented students qualify for lower public tuition rates, the 24-year-old law was no more.

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The state’s flagship university also issued guidance around celebrations such as Pride Month, saying that the university’s official stance is limited to simply recognizing it.

A reentry simulation at San Francisco State University was designed to educate the campus and community about the challenges people face when rebuilding their lives after prison.

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Auburn University's college program for incarcerated students was suspended indefinitely after the Alabama Department of Corrections barred college staff from entering the state prisons due to alleged...

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Eastern Michigan University is giving incarcerated students the opportunity to present at an annual event that showcases research projects.

Many incarcerated students are unable to finish their degree before they are released, meaning they must continue their college education once they return to the community to earn the degree they work...

The Emerson Prison Initiative held a multiday conference last week that provided a platform for formerly incarcerated individuals, prison reform advocates, and program facilitators to discuss the impo...

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Making our way through security each week is a slog, but teaching incarcerated people has been an incredible career experience.

There are more questions than answers about how higher-education-in-prison programs will be affected given the unprecedented changes at the Education Department.

Leland Dudek argued that a ruling blocking Elon Musk’s cost-cutting team from access to sensitive taxpayer data could apply to all employees.

Experts say the student is not alone, and universities need to better train faculty to address the problem.

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Math skills can empower people who are in prison — and help them land jobs after they’re released.

Del. Betsy B. Carr, D-Richmond, introduced House Bill 2158, which mandated the Department of Corrections to implement a consistent education system across its facilities, according to the bill.

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As state legislatures and boards of regents debate whose histories deserve telling, those of us behind bars have long faced explicit bans on texts that challenge dominant narratives or examine racial ...

Del. Betsy B. Carr, D-Richmond, introduced House Bill 2158, which mandated the Department of Corrections to implement a consistent education system across its facilities, according to the bill.