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Max Kenner ’01 in the New York Times: College-in-Prison Is Transforming Who We Think College Is For

Image of Max Kenner ’01, executive director of the Bard Prison Initiative, sitting on a couch in a suit and tie, facing the camera.

For the New York Times, Bard Prison Initiative Executive Director Max Kenner ’01 writes that college is undergoing a revolution—and it’s happening behind bars. “College-in-prison is a desperately needed step toward improving justice in America,” Kenner writes. “Still its greatest impact may be on higher education itself: transforming who we think college is for, how we find students and what we imagine they can achieve.”