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Image of teachers reading to students in jumpsuits Bennington College's Prison Education Initiative Featured in The New Yorker

Former faculty member Brooke Allen reflected in The New Yorker on her time teaching in Bennington's Prison Education Initiative (PEI), which served incarcerated men at Great Meadow Correctional Facility, in Comstock, New York.

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Abraar Arpon '26 Voting and Gen Z: Abraar Arpon ’26

Inspired by American democracy and its potential, his faculty members, and his fellow students, Abraar Arpon ’26, who studies Computer Science and Public Action at Bennington, built a website that aims to make voting in the upcoming U.S. presidential election easier for everyone.

Richard Haass Bennington College Launches Saving Democracy Together With Richard Haass

Saving Democracy Together, an innovative non-partisan online and in-person course open to students, alumni, and the public, attracted more than 250 online registrants and 100 in-person participants in its first of seven sessions on Thursday, September 5.

SCT Capa image Bennington College Launches "Saving Democracy Together" Class Amid Global Democratic Crisis

Seven-week program features high-profile speakers to inspire Gen Z engagement in crucial election year.

Image of PEI conference participants Think Tank: More Than a Degree

On May 17 and 18, Bennington's Prison Education Initiative (PEI) gathered together a small group to engage in conversation around access and opportunities to higher education for people serving life or virtual life sentences in America.