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Formerly Incarcerated Man Earns Degree After Decades-Long Fight for Education Behind Bars

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As a “lifer,” Fordham wasn't eligible to participate in prison education programs, but he fought back and earned a diploma, vocational certificates, and an associate degree from Miami Dade College. He received his associate degree with 18 other graduates, all of whom wore caps and gowns over their prison uniforms.

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Reimagining the Liberal Arts and Humanities

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A national grant program aims to reposition the liberal arts and humanities as central to the general education curriculum. But by 2013, that percentage had more than doubled. of bachelor's degree recipients. From 1987-2018, the number of associate degrees earned in the liberal arts and humanities grew by an average of 4.3%

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Ten Examples of UT-Austin Transfer Apply Texas Essay A Statement of Purpose

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Philip’s College, a two-year institution, to pursue a Biomedical Engineering and Technology Associate’s. I kept recalling the summer of 2013 when I worked at an industrial lumber yard for eight hours daily in the blistering heat. I’m the first in our family to attend college and earn an Associate degree. for granted.

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Northwestern University Celebrates First Cohort of Incarcerated Graduates

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The graduates will stay with the Northwestern Prison Education Program as teaching assistants and fellows to help other incarcerated students at the correctional institution earn degrees. Incarcerated students are eligible to receive federal Pell Grants to help pay for college. The university announced the Nov.