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Liberal Arts Education Comes to MA Prison

When it comes to prison education, most people think of GED and vocational programs, but college programs, including liberal arts education, are increasingly offered behind bars. A new program called the Emerson Prison Initiative (EPI) has been launched at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Concord (MCI). The three-year, six-semester pilot program makes a liberal arts education accessible

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Virginia offers state prisoners college credit

In a welcome move, Governor Terry McAuliffe is making Virginia the only state to offer state prisoners college credit for five career and technical education courses recommended by ACE CREDIT­ – the American Council on Education’s College Credit Recommendation Service. Founded in 1918, ACE is the major coordinating body for all of the nation’s higher

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