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| Donald Roden: The Professor Who Founded a Prison-to-College Program that Provides a Second Chance |
| By rutgers.edu- Robin Lally |
| Published: 01/19/2016 |
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Most people wouldn't consider setting foot in a prison, much less volunteering to teach incarcerated men and women the skills they need to succeed upon release. Not Donald Roden. Roden has dedicated the past decade demonstrating that people behind bars deserve second chances and that educating them pays off. The Rutgers associate professor of history founded a prison–to-college program in 2005 because he believed that the best students – whether they come from the suburbs of New Jersey or from behind its prison walls – should have the opportunities in life that only an education can provide. He knew some would thrive. Others might not. Roden’s tenacity has been instrumental to expanding the prison education system in New Jersey offered to thousands serving sentences today, as well as to former prisoners like Walter Fortson and Ben Chin – who became part of the Mountainview Project at Rutgers, eventually earned undergraduate and graduate degrees from the university, and were selected for their "exceptional leadership potential" as national Truman Scholars. Read More. |
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