Lexi Sturdy ’10, the CPE’s full-time fellow, explains how the program offers a high-caliber liberal arts education to incarcerated individuals. Wesleyan faculty teach courses in the humanities and the natural and social sciences, while Wesleyan undergraduates serve as writing tutors and class assistants. “We are deeply proud of our inaugural class of incarcerated students, whose academic achievements were documented in a thorough assessment report which confirmed that they well met Wesleyan standards of academic rigor,” Sturdy says.

Lexi Sturdy ’10, the CPE’s full-time fellow, explains how the program offers a high-caliber liberal arts education to incarcerated individuals. Wesleyan faculty teach courses in the humanities and the natural and social sciences, while Wesleyan undergraduates serve as writing tutors and class assistants. “We are deeply proud of our inaugural class of incarcerated students, whose academic achievements were documented in a thorough assessment report which confirmed that they well met Wesleyan standards of academic rigor,” Sturdy says.