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Partnership with ABCD to Strengthen Prison Education Program

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(ABCD), and the Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety and Security’s School of Reentry (SOR) announced a joint initiative providing comprehensive support to individuals transitioning from incarceration to community. “We believe education, career training, and wraparound student support are key to successful reintegration.

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The Student Aid Index: Shifting Our Thinking on Financial Aid Eligibility

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This blog was co-authored with Derek Flynn and Adam Connolly We have had many disruptors in higher education over the last several years, and this year, we have a new one that will have a major impact on financial aid awarding: the Student Aid Index. Pell Grant eligibility and SAI Pell Grants are another significant change.

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This Initiative Is Mapping Public Transit Access to Community Colleges. Here’s Why.

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The recently launched Civic Mapping Initiative is making state-by-state maps of community colleges' accessibility by public transit. The initiative was launched by the Seldin/Haring-Smith Foundation, which found in a previous nationwide analysis that only 57% of primary community college campuses were accessible by public transit.

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These Colleges Were Just Awarded Grants to Boost Student Success Rates

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The Department of Education announced $30 million in new awards going to colleges and universities. The Department of Education (ED) revealed a list of 38 colleges and universities set to receive funds from grant programs to improve outcomes for underrepresented students. ED made 15 awards worth over $8.5

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3 considerations for prison education programs

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Blogs 3 considerations for prison education programs What you need to know ahead of July’s restoration of Second Chance Pell grants Given the restoration of Pell Grant funding for incarcerated students expected in July 2023 , many institutions are beginning to develop plans for Prison Education Programs (PEPs).

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Prison Education Should Serve as ‘Foundation’ for Reentry Plans: Report

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Incarcerated students are set to regain access to Pell Grants for the first time in almost 30 years, starting in July. Prison education should be the "foundation" of planning for reentry, according to a new report by the New England Commission on the Future of Higher Education in Prison.

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My transfer student experience at Colorado State University

Colorado State University

Transferology has a huge factor in my transition, giving me information on which credits will transfer and how. I definitely haven’t taken Colorado for granted with all the activities it has to offer during the two years I’ve been here. In fact, it was the worst academic semester in my educational career.