Inmates get federal grants for higher ed
PBS NewsHour
Narrator PBS NewsHour
Publisher: NewsHour Productions
Summary
In a pilot project announced this summer, the Department of Education will partner with dozens of colleges to provide higher education to prisoners who can't afford to pay; eligible inmates will be able to apply for federal grants under the experimental trial. Hari Sreenivasan explores what both advocates and critics are saying.
Duration: 6 minutes (00:06:09) Publishing date: 2016-09-14; Unabridged; Copyright Year: — Copyright Statment: —