Mount Tamalpais College

Mount Tamalpais College, formerly known as the Prison University Project, is a two year liberal arts college that offers an associate's degree program in Liberal Arts and intensive college preparatory courses in math and writing to mainline residents of San Quentin State Prison. Courses are all taught on-site by volunteers, most of them graduate st... udents, instructors, and faculty members from San Francisco Bay Area colleges and universities. All credits and degrees were issued by Patten. Since 1996, Mount Tamalpais College has issued its own credits and degrees as a Candidate for Accreditation by the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges. The college achieved Initial Accreditation in January 2022. In addition to its academic programs and support services for students, Mount Tamalpais College disseminates information on prison education to the public at large.Read More