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Georgetown Will Offer Degree Program To People Incarcerated In Maryland


By Cherranda Smith
Apr 9, 2021
Georgetown University will offer bachelor’s degrees to about 25 people currently incarcerated in a Maryland prison. According to a report by
The Hill, the university is building upon its Prison Scholars Program after receiving a $1 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. 
Since the program was started in 2018 in response to incarceration and recidivism, more than 150 students at the Washington, D.C. prison have taken no-credit classes.The three-year grant will permit the students in the program to start earning credits towards a degree. 
Students can choose from three majors, cultural humanities, interdisciplinary social sciences, or global intellectual history with courses taught by Georgetown professors, according to a press release made by the university on Tuesday (April 7). ....

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Georgetown University to create liberal arts degree program for inmates


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Some Maryland inmates could soon swap their orange jumpsuits for caps and gowns under a new program at one of the nation s most prestigious universities where tuition costs law-abiding students upward of $60,000 per year.
Georgetown University will offer
a full bachelor’s degree program for Maryland inmates beginning in the next academic year, the Washington, D.C., university announced on Wednesday. The program goes beyond the Georgetown University Prisons and Justice Initiative s existing non-degree Prison Scholars Program, which began in 2018.
We are excited to build upon the success of the Prison Scholars Program and provide an opportunity for students to earn a college degree while incarcerated, Prisons and Justice Initiative Director Marc Howard said. A degree from Georgetown and the interdisciplinary coursework behind it will prepare our graduates to reenter their communities and the workforce with pride in their academic achieveme ....

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