Our team in JFF's Center for Justice & Economic Advancement is reaching out to ask our partners in the field for support in compiling critical information on hiring practices, and specifically on whether your program or higher education institution has been successful in hiring previously incarcerated or currently…
Open Campus, a nonprofit newsroom focused on higher education, produces College Inside, a newsletter focused on the future of postsecondary education in prison. We publish a biweekly email and a monthly print PDF edition for inside distribution. You can get the email version in your inbox here (check your spam for a confirmation email if you don't see it right away), and you can sign up incarcerated friends…
Framing the Opportunity: Eight State Policy Recommendations That Support Postsecondary Credential Completion for Underserved Populations, released by Jobs for the Future.
Authors:
Rachel Pleasants McDonnell, Director
Michael Collins, Vice President
To reestablish the U.S.’s place among…
Trellis Foundation blog post suggested by Keisha Johnson on the Whova conference app.
The Power of Policy Fellowships in Achieving Systemic Change
Introduction: At Trellis Foundation, supporting public policy change is crucial to our mission of helping low-income students and students of color succeed in postsecondary education. That’s why our funding strategy includes breaking down the systemic barriers faced by students from communities facing historic and persistent…
This study helps to explain how the use of the criminal history box on college applications and the supplemental requirements and procedures that follow create barriers to higher education for otherwise qualified applicants. In this study, which focuses on the State University of New York (SUNY), we found that almost two out of every three applicants who disclosed a felony conviction were denied access to higher education, not because of a purposeful denial of their application but because they were driven out of the application process.
Rick Sammartino posted this fantastic story through the Whova conference app for NCHEP.
Achieving Liftoff — Incarceration to Graduation | Be Boundless
This paper presents preliminary findings from a survey SHEEO administered to its members in 2018. The paper is organized around three main categories: access, program delivery, and reentry of program participants into society.
This is 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.
