About

The mission of the CSU Project Rebound Consortium is to support the higher education and successful reintegration of the formerly incarcerated through the mentorship and living example of other formerly incarcerated students, graduates, faculty, and staff.

In 1967, Irwin created Project Rebound as a way to matriculate people into San Francisco State University directly from the criminal justice system. Since the program’s inception, hundreds of formerly incarcerated people have obtained bachelor’s degrees and beyond. In 2016, with the support of the Opportunity Institute and the CSU Chancellor’s Office, Project Rebound expanded into a consortium of nine CSU campus programs.

At CSUN, Project Rebound was preceded by Revolutionary Scholars, a grassroots student organization started by two formerly incarcerated students to create a campus support system as an alternative to criminalization and incarceration.