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Prison Education Programs: Facts and Statistics

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In 2014, 1% of incarcerated adults had a bachelor's, graduate, or professional degree. adults who had graduate or professional degrees and the 17% who had bachelor's degrees. In a rare instance, one formerly incarcerated student was able to finish their degree on the college campus after release.

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Where Did Joe Biden Go to College?

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Biden is the first president since Ronald Reagan, who finished his term in 1989, to attend a state school to get an undergraduate degree. Even former President Donald Trump , who attended Fordham University for two years, transferred to the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School to complete his bachelor's degree.