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In light of winning distinguished award, UW's Odyssey Beyond Bars demonstrates how an educational program helped incarcerated students succeed
The Lifelong Learner Search The University of Wisconsin–Madison Odyssey Project received a $300,000 grant from the Oscar Rennebohm Foundation to continue teaching college courses to incarcerated people in Wisconsin through the Odyssey Beyond Bars program. Noble Wray, retired Madison Chief of Police and Rennebohm board member The funding of $100,000 over the next three years will support a pilot project that will deliver introductory college courses in English to incarcerated students who are interested in post-secondary education but are not yet enrolled in a credential-granting program. Th...