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UW System Developing Bachelors Degree Program in WI Prisons
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MADISON, Wis. — The University of Wisconsin System is moving forward with plans to give people in state prisons a chance to earn a UW Bachelors degree while incarcerated, after receiving funding to develop a pilot program.
On Monday System officials announced they were awarded a 150 thousand dollar grant from Madison based non-profit Ascendium to develop a curriculum and infrastructure for their Prison Education Initiative.