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The overall purpose of NCHEP is to provide an annual opportunity for the higher education in prison community to gather and mobilize the talent, resources, and energy needed to expand access to quality higher education and academic reentry support services to incarcerated and formerly incarcerated people.
A sampling of academic studies and research articles about colleges and universities providing higher education for formerly incarcerated individuals and the range of considerations this work entails.
In 2022, Ithaka S+R launched a nationwide survey that would help determine the national landscape for access to educational technology in prison education programs.
In this webinar hosted by the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA), experts on administering financial aid in prison settings discuss what financial aid administrators and prison education practitioners can do to ensure they are prepared to effectively support incarcerated learners with Pell Grant eligibility.
In this single-volume book, a group of incarcerated women at the Indiana Women’s Prison have assembled a chronicle of what was originally known as the Indiana Reformatory Institute for Women and Girls, founded in 1873 as the first separate prison for women in the United States.
This resource highlights existing higher education programs in Illinois state prisons and uplifts the need for additional programs and supportive policies across the state.
This FAQ document describes higher education in prison in Illinois.
A compiled list of terms that replace oppressive institutional terminology with empowering and uplifting language.
Mend, a publication from Project Mend of Syracuse University, celebrates the lives and creative work of incarcerated and formerly incarcerated people as well as individuals who have been impacted by the criminal justice system. This annual publication showcases writing of all types, including fiction, poetry, and nonfiction.
The second webinar in the Pipeline to Pell series will be held on Wednesday, November 15, at 3:00 p.m. ET. The webinar will focus on the roles of states, localities, and other relevant stakeholders.
In an effort to make visible the national landscape of access to educational technology in prison education programs, Ithaka S+R launched a first-of-its-kind national survey in the fall of 2022, with grant funding support from Ascendium Education Group.
This is a solicitation for grant funding from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance.
This is a letter from Federal Student Aid to correctional facilities. It asks for their help in assisting incarcerated borrowers. The letter focuses on reducing the barriers to communication and information.
This is a presentation that details a solicitation for grant funding from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance.
This is a solicitation for grant funding from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance.
The first webinar in the Pipeline to Pell series will be held on Thursday, November 2, at 11:00 am ET. The webinar will focus on the FAFSA Simplification Act, Pell Grants, and prison education programs.
This blog post discusses a descriptive research study by Caisa Elizabeth Royer, Erin L. Castro, and Estefanie Aguilar Padilla that explores the experiences of prison stakeholders in higher education with prison disciplinary power.
The book is a collection of critical prose and poetry by esteemed artists and scholars (including Joshua Bennett, Ellen Bass, Joy Priest, Mahogany Brown, and so many more) about their experiences facilitating arts workshops in prisons.
Financial aid advising is an essential component of prison education programs (PEPs). Many PEPs rely on the paper FAFSA when serving students who are incarcerated. During this webinar, we will walk through the FAFSA completion process with both financial aid administrators and prison program administrators, highlighting the form's questions that are more complex to address. We will also talk about the methods for processing paper FAFSAs.
This is a solicitation for grant funding from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance.
