In 1994, Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchinson (R-Texas) claimed that criminals had discovered “that Pell grants are a great scam: rob a store, go to jail, and get your degree.” At the time, 27,700 state and federal prisoners were using Pell grants—far less than one percent of the overall program. But following Hutchinson’s anti-rehabilitation rhetoric, the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act baContinue Reading »
By Sarah Rosenberg on 05 Nov 2012 in Accountability, College Access and Student Success, College Costs and Student Debt, Higher Education and tagged College Degree Programs for Prisoners, Pell Grants, Postsecondary Education
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