In the News...Continuing the Conversation
The Goucher Prison Education Partnership seeks to stimulate awareness and meaningful dialogue about justice, incarceration, and educational access. We welcome you to learn about these issues and join us in the dialogue.
In the News...Continuing the Conversation
- June 29, 2023
GPEP student James Randles III won the Rhoda M. Dorsey Leadership Award, which recognizes students for their sustained leadership, commitment, teamwork, ingenuity, and ability to work with those within and outside the Goucher community. James' mother Diane Richards, pictured here, accepted the award from Goucher President Kent Devereaux on behalf of her son.
- June 21, 2023
The Goucher Prison Education Partnership (GPEP) was featured on WYPR's "Midday." The show's host, Tom Hall, interviewed GPEP Executive Director Eliza Cornejo, who discussed the program's current focus on expanding student academic opportunities and reducing time to degree.
- March 10, 2023
Baltimore Magazine profiled William Freeman '20 about his Goucher education and experience as a former student of the Goucher Prison Education Partnership. Freeman now works with the Education Trust on policy advocacy to advance education opportunities for justice-impacted students.
- January 26, 2023
Over the past decade, GPEP has been devoted to its mission to provide an excellent college education to students incarcerated in Maryland. More than 100 professors have taught over 200 college courses to more than 300 students in GPEP's first 10 years.
- December 14, 2022
Former GPEP student and Goucher alumnus Donte Small and GPEP Director of College Operations Meredith Conde helped spread excitement about GPEP’s 10th anniversary and the impact of an in-person, liberal arts college education in prison in a recent interview on Baltimore’s WBAL-TV.