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McAuliffe approves inmate college credit program
By cavalierdaily.com- Alexis Gravely
Published: 03/24/2016

A new program allowing inmates in Virginia state prisons to receive college credit for courses taken while incarcerated was announced by Gov. Terry McAuliffe March 17.

There are five different classes that are available for credit: Introduction to Business, Business Software Applications, Digital Print Reproduction, Commercial Arts and Design and Computer-Aided Drafting.

Christopher Colville, superintendent of education for the Virginia Department of Corrections, said the courses were recommended for college credit after they were reviewed by the American Council on Education.

“We thought that [the courses] were valuable enough that they could be recommended for college credit, and ACE reviewed them and agreed with us,” Colville said.

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