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Doug Emhoff, Kamala Harris, Tim Walz, and Gwen Walz

College-in-Prison

Tim Walz’s wife Gwen, a former teacher, is a ‘champion’ of college behind bars

USA Today• 08/10/2024

When Max Kenner met Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s wife Gwen more than a decade ago, he immediately knew he’d found an ally. A former teacher like her then-Congressman husband, Gwen Walz, wanted to know everything about Kenner’s initiative to educate prisoners in New York state. And now that Tim Walz has been picked by Vice President […]

College-in-Prison, Policy

Higher Education Is Undergoing a Revolution. It’s Happening Behind Bars.

College-in-Prison

BPI Celebrates its 22nd Commencement

College-in-Prison, Special Announcements

Announcing the Paris Review Visiting Professor of Literature

Commitment to Access: A Conversation about the Unconventional and College-in-Prison

2023 Annual Report

Special Announcements

2023 Annual Report: College for a Better World

Announcing BPI’s 2024 Global Research Fellow: Josefina Salomon

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Consortium, Global Work

Pasó años preso, estudió sociología en la cárcel y ahora es periodista

Consortium, Global Work

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Alumni, Microcollege

Alumni Voices: Remembering What Education Does

Consortium, Summer Residency

BPI Summer Residency 2024: What to Know Before You Arrive

Press Release: RHODES COLLEGE JOINS THE CONSORTIUM FOR THE LIBERAL ARTS IN PRISON

Bard Prison Initiative• 05/09/2024

Press Release: BARD PRISON INITIATIVE RECEIVES $4.5M IN CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED FUNDING

Bard Prison Initiative• 04/08/2024

Join team BPI for the 2024 TCS New York City Marathon!

The 2023-2024 BPI Global Initiatives Virtual Lecture Series