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We will begin reviewing applications in November and notifying applicants beginning in late December.
If you have any questions or if you have any changes in your availability or interest you can reach out to Satra Taylor, higher education policy analyst.
Thank you again for your interest in our Justice Fellows Policy Program
A Life Sentence Transformed Into a Life’s Work: An Interview with Chris Wilson
Read moreAt 17 years old, Chris Wilson was sentenced to life in prison. Now 41, he recalls that moment and…
Lift the Ban on Pell Grants for Students Who Are Incarcerated
Read moreThe Education Trust is committed to expanding high-quality educational opportunities to individuals who are incarcerated and otherwise impacted by…
Second Chances are Real — Let’s Make Sure More Students Get Them
Read moreIn the past four years, my life has transformed for the better. I am a newlywed with a full-time…
What Happens When Incarceration Meets Education
Read moreLifting the ban on Pell Grants for incarcerated students is one of Ed Trust’s policy priorities for higher education…
Higher Education Behind and Beyond Bars: A Father and Son Story
Read moreI sat with my back pressed into cold, hard wood as I stared into the big brown eyes across…
The Forgotten Children: Students Who Have an Incarcerated Parent
Read moreThere are 1.5 million people in federal and state prisons and another 600,000 in local jails. More than half…
Profiles in Education Equity: Operation Restoration
Read moreSyrita Steib-Martin and Annie Freitas cofounded Operation Restoration, a New Orleans-based organization that helps women who have been impacted…
Serving Healthy School Food While Preparing Young Adults for Culinary Careers
Read moreTucked away in the back of a dilapidated, blue and gray building in downtown Washington lies DC Central Kitchen.…
Statement from The Education Trust on the Restoring Education and Learning (REAL) Act
Read more“Expanding access to quality higher education can be transformative for individuals impacted by the criminal justice system. I am…
