🎉 The final regulation for the Prison Education Program was published in the Federal Register today. Here’s a thread on major changes and improvements. 1/14 #PellYes #negreg #highered federalregister.gov/documents/2022… 👏 First, hats off to the staff at ED/FSA who carefully reviewed public comments and thoughtfully responded to recommendations. The regulation is indeed improved following this process! 2/14

My article in @ConversationUS raises awareness about the laws in 26 states that explicitly deny financial aid eligibility to incarcerated students or students w/ criminal convictions. It's been a missing piece of the #PellGrant for prisoners debate. 1/ theconversation.com/states-not-jus… 2/ This article comes from my recently-completed dissertation from @HALEatMSU on state financial aid for justice-involved students. In this thread, I am going to name all 26 states that deny aid to justice-involved students w/ links to statutes or regulations.