NCHEP 15 CFP and Financial Aid now open!

Submit presentation proposals and financial aid applications by October 19, 2025

NCHEP 15 CFP and Financial Aid now open!

We Believe

All people, regardless of whether they are currently or formerly incarcerated, should have access to high-quality and free higher education.

About The Alliance

Education in Action

Work-based learning and employment opportunities for incarcerated students

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NCHEP

The flagship National Conference on Higher Education in Prison

Incarcerated Scholars Conference

Centering the voices of currently incarcerated scholars, graduates, and artists

Our Theory of Change

Resourcing the field, advancing advocacy, fueling innovation

“There are enormous challenges facing the field of higher education in prison—lack of oversight and accountability within the prison setting, the complex needs of students, and the material scarcity that pervades the field. These are all microcosms of the most broken and vulnerable edges of society as a whole. Expanding access to excellent educational programs provides an extraordinary opportunity to overcome inequity at a massive scale and to set an example—both for our own professional communities and for society as a whole.”
—Equity and Excellence in Practice: A Guide for Higher Education in Prison

The National Higher Education in Prison Landscape

Map with faces of students and practitioners

We’re making it easier for higher education in prison programs, practitioners, students, teachers and others to engage in collaboration and co-learning by creating a resource and information-sharing network.

A Guide For Higher Education In Prison

Through the lens of equity, the Alliance seeks to provide information and resources essential to the field of higher education in prison so programs can deliver quality education to all currently and formerly incarcerated students.

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We want to hear from you.

Have a question about higher education in prison? Want to get involved with the Alliance? Have an idea to share? Please get in touch.

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The Alliance for Higher Education in Prison builds and supports the field-wide infrastructure to advance access and excellence in higher education in prison and through reentry.

How We Work