A Playbook for College Programs in Prisons - Future U Podcast - The Pulse of Higher Ed | Lyssna här

We’ve been wondering how prison education programs have grown since the reinstatement of Pell grants for incarcerated learners a couple of years ago. So we sent our producer Jeff Young to learn more. It turns out colleges wanting to set up programs face complicated logistics and cultural challenges. To help, several states have recently set up statewide consortiums to help. On this episode we hear from the director of a new program in Minnesota building a playbook for colleges hoping to serve incarcerated students. This episode is made with support from Ascendium Education Group.

Chapters

0:00 - Intro

2:06 - A New Statewide Coalition

3:08 - How Financial Aid Rules Changed In 2023

5:27 - Prison Education Programs Need a Range of Resources

6:40 - Have College Prison Programs Expanded In Recent Years?

7:28 - Colleges Don’t Know Where to Start With Prison Programs

8:32 - What Is the Model for Minnesota’s New Prison Education Consortium?

10:40 - What Professors Need to Know About Teaching in Prison

12:24 - A Guidebook for Prison Education Programs

13:50 - A Student’s Perspective on Higher Ed in Prison

20:40 - The Importance of Learning While in Prison