Paul Boyd, a 2024 Harry S. Truman Scholar, poses for a photo in the library of the Alumni House on the campus of Rutgers University-Camden, Thursday, April 18, 2024Joe Warner | For NJ Advance Media
When Paul Boyd was in South Woods State Prison in Cumberland County serving a 12-year sentence for robbery, he had a few jobs he could choose among to earn $1 a day — working as a teacher aide, laying concrete or cutting grass.
Today, he’s mulling over whether he wants to go to Rutgers University or Princeton University to get his Ph.D in the philosophy of science and cognitive science.
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