Project Rebound, which was launched at San Francisco State University in 1967, supports the success of formerly incarcerated college students by offering the opportunity and resources needed to successfully transition and acclimate to a college campus.

The program offers special admissions for men and women who might not normally qualify for university acceptance because of application deadlines and minor academic deficiencies. This program is supported by the Associated Students and many other departments in the California state system.

In 2016, with the support of CSU Chancellor Timothy White, this special admissions program expanded to include seven more CSU campuses, and today the program is offered at a total of nine CSU campuses:

• California State University, Bakersfield
• Fresno State University
• California State University, Fullerton
• California State University, Los Angeles
• California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
• California State University, Sacramento
• California State University, San Bernardino
• San Diego State University
• San Francisco State University

Berkeley Underground Scholars, also known as BUS, creates a pathway for formerly incarcerated and system impacted individuals into higher education. We are building a prison-to-school pipeline through recruitment, retention, and advocacy. Our continued success directly challenges the stigmas associated with our population.

BUS challenges societal norms concerning incarcerated and formerly incarcerated people, specifically students impacted by issues of mass incarceration, imprisonment, and detainment of any kind. The goal of BUS is to bridge the popular academic theoretical discourse of mass incarceration with one that is grounded in the lived experiences of UC Berkeley students and people from surrounding communities. We aim to shift the School-to-Prison pipeline to a Prison-to-School pipeline using higher education as an alternative to incarceration.  For more information, click here.

Corrections to College California is a project of Renewing Communities, a four-year initiative designed to build a network of bridges from corrections to college in California. Renewing Communities is a joint initiative of The Opportunity Institute and the Stanford Criminal Justice Center.

For more information about corrections to college, click here.