Providing access to Pell Grants to people in prison will save taxpayer dollars, cultivate safer communities and end mass incarceration. As the executive director of the Tennessee Higher Education
Jameel Spann was a junior year at Fisk University when he got arrested. Facing a 15-year prison sentence, he didn’t know if he’d ever graduate. But after more than a
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Reversing a 25-year ban, Congress recently agreed to expand Pell Grants to incarcerated students. Now some 463,000 people behind bars have the opportunity to access higher education. How will colleges
Prioritizing Workforce Development Reduces Recidivism and Improves Public Safety Nashville, TN – Today, the Justice Action Network (JAN), the largest bipartisan organization working to reform the justice system at the
The ECMC Foundation featured THEI as part of Partner Spotlight related to the Rapid Response Small Grants to serve students in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Watch the full video