Pracademically Speaking
Pracademically Speaking
The PA Prisons and Parole Podcast
Episode 20: Evaluation of In-Prison College Courses (Dr. Sarah Tahamont)
26 minutes Posted Mar 4, 2026 at 7:35 pm.
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Results are in from the most rigorous evaluation to date of Pell-funded college programs in prison. In this episode, Dr. Sarah Tahamont (University of Maryland) joins Pracademically Speaking to unpack findings from Pennsylvania’s randomized controlled trial of Second Chance Pell—and what the evidence really says about recidivism, employment, and the limits of impact at scale.