Miles Austin Earns His Monmouth University Degree — After a 10-Year NFL Detour
Joe Patten teaches a course at Monmouth University called The American Congress. It includes a model Congress, in which students assume the roles of current senators and try to pass legislation.
This past fall semester a particularly gifted student portrayed New Jersey’s Cory Booker with a knack for filibustering and a passion for criminal justice reform. He proposed an ambitious bill to expunge certain first-time offenses, like drug possession, to afford those with an otherwise clean record a better chance at employment.
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