College in prison : reading in an age of mass incarceration /
This book chronicles how, since 2001, Bard College has provided hundreds of incarcerated men and women across the country access to a high-quality liberal arts education. Yet this is more than just a story of exceptional individuals triumphing against the odds. It is a study in how the liberal arts...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New Brunswick, New Jersey :
Rutgers University Press,
[2017]
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| Summary: | This book chronicles how, since 2001, Bard College has provided hundreds of incarcerated men and women across the country access to a high-quality liberal arts education. Yet this is more than just a story of exceptional individuals triumphing against the odds. It is a study in how the liberal arts can alter the landscape of some of our most important public institutions by giving people from all walks of life a chance to enrich their minds and expand their opportunities.-- |
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| Physical Description: | xxii, 208 pages ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780813584126 0813584124 |