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Pell Grant Expansion Extends Educational Opportunities to Thousands of Incarcerated Students

Insight Into Diversity

These efforts build on the success of the ED’s Second Chance Pell (SCP) Experiment, which launched in 2015 and involved nearly 200 higher educational institutions that facilitated PEPs for incarcerated students. Postsecondary education can facilitate upward social mobility to racially marginalized groups,” writes Taber.

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Closing Higher Ed’s Equity Gaps

Inside Higher Ed

The fact is that Princeton is not a research powerhouse in the applied sciences. The resounding demands for equity within higher education heard far and wide during the summer of 2020 have, I fear, faded. Inequities pervade American higher education. No, its programs in those areas are tiny.

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