Good News in Brief
The college-in-prison program that began at Bard College in New York in 1999 has expanded in recent years to 18 additional colleges and universities in 13 states. Among the schools that now offer prisoners the opportunity for a high-quality liberal arts education behind bars are Wesleyan University, Grinnell College, Morehouse, Yale, Villanova, Boston College, and Notre Dame. For more information, see the website of the Consortium for Liberal Arts in Prison.
In Wisconsin, the UW Prison Education Initiative offers coursework to people in seven prisons. In four of these prisons, the UW Odyssey Project’s Odyssey Beyond Bars offers a credit-bearing class, English 100, to help potential students build confidence and skills.