Drew Theological School Launches Fully-Accredited Master of Arts in Religion Program Inside East Jersey State Prison

Building upon the historic Partnership for Religion and Education in Prisons program Drew Theological School has announced the launch of a fully-accredited Master of Arts in Religion (MAR) program offered to incarcerated students with its Partnership for Religion and Education in Prisons Program (PREP) at East Jersey State Prison (EJSP). The program marks an historic milestone as the first graduate degree taught entirely inside a New Jersey state prison.

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PREP partners with the New Jersey Department of Corrections and the New Jersey Scholarship and Transformative Education in Prisons (NJ-STEP) consortium, which provides associate’s and bachelor’s degree-level educational services to the New Jersey incarcerated population. The Theological School is a founding member of NJ-STEP.

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