{"id":632,"date":"2017-03-17T14:42:00","date_gmt":"2017-03-17T18:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wordpress\/?p=632"},"modified":"2017-03-17T14:43:31","modified_gmt":"2017-03-17T18:43:31","slug":"ihep-launches-collegenotprison-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/2017\/03\/17\/ihep-launches-collegenotprison-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"IHEP Launches #CollegeNotPrison Campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.collegenotprison.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-633\" src=\"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IHEPvideo.jpg\" alt=\"ihepvideo\" width=\"1113\" height=\"619\" srcset=\"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IHEPvideo.jpg 1113w, https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IHEPvideo-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IHEPvideo-768x427.jpg 768w, https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IHEPvideo-1024x570.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IHEPvideo-1038x576.jpg 1038w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1113px) 100vw, 1113px\" \/><\/a>A new public awareness campaign seeks to bring attention to the financial aid barriers justice-involved youth face when pursuing higher education.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.collegenotprison.com\/\">#CollegeNotPrison<\/a> \u2014 a initiative of The Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP) \u2014 made a splash on social media this week with a short video sharing the story of Alton Pitre.<\/p>\n<p>As a teen, Pitre was arrested for a crime he didn\u2019t commit. He spent nearly two years behind bars before the charges were dropped and the case was dismissed.<\/p>\n<p>Pitre, now a senior at Morehouse College (GA), is\u00a0an advocate for criminal justice reform. He also speaks out about the need to make college affordable for more young people. In the video, Pitre, 25, notes that while a college education offers great long-term rewards, cost keeps many young people from completing a degree.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s hard to get into college, but the hardest part is staying in,\u201d notes Pitre, who says he struggles each semester to make ends meet.<\/p>\n<p>Learn more about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.collegenotprison.com\/\">#CollegeNotPrison<\/a>\u00a0and explore the campaign&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.collegenotprison.com\/\">policy priorities<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Admitted\u00a0writer\/editor Mary Stegmeir welcomes additional comments and story ideas at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2017\/03\/08\/etiquette-advice-for-students-facing-questions-about-college\/mstegmeir@nacacnet.org\">mstegmeir@nacacnet.org.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new public awareness campaign seeks to bring attention to the financial aid barriers justice-involved youth face when pursuing higher education. #CollegeNotPrison \u2014 a initiative of The Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP) \u2014 made a splash on social media this week with a short video sharing the story of Alton Pitre. As a teen, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/2017\/03\/17\/ihep-launches-collegenotprison-campaign\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">IHEP Launches #CollegeNotPrison Campaign<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,111],"tags":[284,285],"class_list":["post-632","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-advocacy","category-college-completion","tag-collegenotprison","tag-alton-pitre"],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Mary Stegmeir","author_link":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/author\/mstegmeir\/"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/peWmJq-ac","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/632","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=632"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/632\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}