{"podcast":{"title":"Future U Podcast - The Pulse of Higher Ed","slug":"future-u-podcast-the-pulse-of-higher-ed-1134204","podcast_index_feed_id":1134204,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/ZQ_SFkhE","website_url":"https://www.futureupodcast.com","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/cb4d83e1-3cce-4e6f-81ee-df856ce85f6e/f2f5d573-d04b-469b-ab51-d263da3560ef/3000x3000/futureu.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"Jeff Selingo and Michael Horn","episode_count":236,"summary":"Jeff Selingo and Michael Horn discuss what’s next for higher education and talk with the newsmakers you want to hear from most. Find the latest news and insights into the current trends in higher ed on the Future U. Podcast.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-15T12:19:01.103582+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/future-u-podcast-the-pulse-of-higher-ed-1134204"},"episode":{"title":"A Playbook for College Programs in Prisons","slug":"a-playbook-for-college-programs-in-prisons","published_at":"2026-08-04T04:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/future-u-podcast-the-pulse-of-higher-ed-1134204/a-playbook-for-college-programs-in-prisons","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/future-u-podcast-the-pulse-of-higher-ed-1134204","url":"https://www.futureupodcast.com","audio_url":"https://cdn.simplecast.com/media/audio/transcoded/7b6897f4-afba-4d7a-be0b-bb2ae8749538/bba6607e-b1b1-46e8-9275-d3a5dac78736/episodes/audio/group/164ec4ea-bb9a-42d2-8138-42d1277eed9e/group-item/79f5825b-a30d-4305-922e-78a2912c8774/128_default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=ZQ_SFkhE","summary":"We’ve been wondering how prison education programs have grown since the reinstatement of Pell grants for incarcerated learners a couple of years ago. So we sent our producer Jeff Young to learn more. It turns out colleges wanting to set up programs face complicated logistics and cultural challenges. To help, several states have recently set up statewide consortiums to help. On this episode we hear from the director of a new program in Minnesota building a playbook for colleges hoping to serve incarcerated students. This episode is made with support from Ascendium Education Group.","meta_description":"We’ve been wondering how prison education programs have grown since the reinstatement of Pell grants for incarcerated learners a couple of years ago. So w…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3076,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/future-u-podcast-the-pulse-of-higher-ed-1134204/episodes/a-playbook-for-college-programs-in-prisons/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/future-u-podcast-the-pulse-of-higher-ed-1134204/a-playbook-for-college-programs-in-prisons.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}