NYS Senator Luis Sepúlveda Presents BHSEC Bronx with $215,000 Award

New York – New York State Senator Luis R. Sepúlveda announced a $215,000 investment in state funds to support the growth and expansion of Bard High School Early College Bronx. This investment is a product of Senator Sepulveda’s Vision 32: Empowering the Bronx initiative, which aims to promote capital investment in infrastructure and programmatic support […]

Every High School should be an Early College. Especially Now.

An op-ed by Gabriella Ronquillo, Bard High School Early College Manhattan ‘26 Why am I here? Like millions of U.S. high school students, this was a question that I considered as I was applying to high school. Lively debates in the media about what schools should teach, policy reform, and how to increase graduation rates […]

BHSEC Baltimore Dean of Students Melvin Bond II Interview with NPR

NPR’s A Martinez speaks with school social worker Kia Baker and educator Melvin Bond about how parents in Baltimore struggle to keep up with the rising cost of school supplies. This interview can be listened to here.

2025 Youth Ambassadors of BHSEC Baltimore Receive Governor’s Citation

The 2025 youth ambassadors of Bard High School Early College Baltimore (BHSEC Baltimore) have received a Governor’s Citation for their help in bridging exchange between the US state of Maryland and the Anhui Province in China, two regions that celebrate the 45th anniversary of their sister-state relationship this year. The State of Maryland has charged […]

2024 Bard Early College Annual Report

In 2024, Bard Early College saw great successes, achievements, and collaborations. Our network continued in a season of growth that saw expansions to our degree granting campuses, philanthropic partnerships, and the breadth and depth of our early college community. The opening of Bard High School Early College Brooklyn marked the tenth Bard Early College program […]

Early college students recognized by national scholarship organizations

The beginning of the calendar year brings the season of college acceptances, internship offers, and our graduating Year 2 students are beginning to make their post-secondary plans. We witness the hard work and dedication of our scholars pay off with exciting educational, professional, and travel opportunities. Each year our students are recognized by prestigious scholarship programs and organizations, […]

Two BHSEC Queens students share their stories with Students of NYC

“…Every time I experience something good, or read about someone doing good, I know the world can be better.” Two BHSEC Queens students were featured on Students of NYC, a United Federation of Teachers initiative highlighting the lives and experiences of students in New York City Public Schools. Yareli Perez writes about exploring her cultural […]

Bard Early College Receives Grant from Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to Support Accelerated Science Education Across its New York City Campuses

Bard College has been awarded a $500,644 grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to create the infrastructure for a more robust science program and deeper engagement with the sciences for Bard High School Early Colleges (BHSEC) students and faculty across its Manhattan, Queens, Bronx, and Brooklyn campuses. Read more about the grant here on Bard College’s […]

Carnegie Corporation Awards Bard Early Colleges $1.5 Million Grant to Expand Access to Early College in NYC

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  October 2024 NEW YORK, NEW YORK – Bard Early College is pleased to announce it has received a $1.5 million grant from Carnegie Corporation of New York to support two new early college campuses in New York City. The philanthropic grant will support Bard Early College’s ambitious expansion of access to early […]

Expanding Bard Early College Offerings Abroad: Bard Early College Summer Intensive at Bard College Berlin

Launched in 2023, the Bard Early Colleges (BEC) host a three week summer academic intensive in partnership with Bard College Berlin (BCB)  in Berlin, Germany. Together, Bard Early College and Bard College Berlin collaborated to design a residential program that introduces early college students to travel abroad and specifically, the history, culture, and art scene […]

A summer reflection, by August Blake

BHSEC Baltimore Year 2 August Blake reflects on his experience this summer as part of the Bard Early College Summer Intensive at Bard College Berlin in Berlin, Germany. It was the final Sunday, and my friends and I wanted to make the most of it. At this point, we were well acquainted with the public […]

Dr. Jazmín Puicón is New Jersey History Teacher of the Year

Dr. Jazmín Puicón of BHSEC Newark has been named New Jersey’s History Teacher of the Year by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. This award, selected by a panel of teachers, administrators, and scholars in each state, recognizes exceptional elementary through high school teachers for their outstanding contributions to American history education. Additionally, Dr. […]

BHSEC Brooklyn Cuts Ribbon on Inaugural Year

Pictured from left: Superintendent Tamra Collins, Principal David Allen, NYCPS Chancellor David Banks, Bard President Leon Botstein, Councilmember Chris Banks, Bard Vice President Dumaine Williams, Deputy Brooklyn Borough President Kim Council, Sen. Roxanne Persaud, Assemblywoman Latrice Walker, NYCPS Head of School Design Shawn Rux, among members of BHSEC Brooklyn’s inaugural class. BROOKLYN, NEW YORK — […]

BHSEC Brooklyn to Open This Fall

In September 2024, Bard High School Early College (BHSEC) will open its newest campus in the Brownsville/East New York neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. Like BHSEC’s other campuses, which now total nine campuses across six states, BHSEC Brooklyn is a public high school where students can earn up to an associate’s degree from Bard College, with 60 transferable […]

New Jersey Bill Expands Access To Dual Enrollment In The State

JANUARY 2024 NEW JERSEY – This past month, Governor Phil Murphy signed into law Bill 2076, enacting the Twelfth Grade Postsecondary Transition Year Pilot Program. This bill, co-sponsored by Senators Zwicker, McKnight, and Greenstein and Assemblymember Lampitt, establishes and funds a statewide pilot program whereby at least six school districts can partner with institutions of […]

News Archive

• BHSEC Baltimore Dean of Students Melvin Bond II NPR Interview
• 2025 Youth Ambassadors of BHSEC Baltimore Receive Governor’s Citation
• Bard High School in Baltimore announces $1.5 million grant will go toward advising for students
• A Message to the Bard Early College Community
• Bard Early College New Orleans Awards First Associate’s Degrees in Socially Distanced Graduation Ceremony
• DC Mayor announces investment in permanent building for Bard DC
• BHSEC Baltimore Principal Francesca Gamber on School Choice, Equity for City’s Students
• Ithaka S+R: New Case Study: Bard High School Early College
• Bard High School Early College Leads New York State in On-Time College Success
• Bard High School Early College Launches in Washington, D.C., Offering Path to College for City’s Poorest Students
• Student Workshops at Bard High School Early College (BHSEC) Cleveland Promote a Culture of Digging Deep
• BHSEC Newark’s Gail Horowitz: For First-Generation Students, Knowing How to Study Can Mean the Difference between Success and Failure
• BHSEC Baltimore Principal Francesca Gamber Receives 2019 Heart of the School Award
• Bard Early College Alumna Named to Crain’s New York 40 Under 40 List
• Bard Early College Alumna Makes Grist List of Top 50 Innovators
• Early College Alumna Raspberry Simpson Is Developing the Fuel of the Future at MIT
• The New York Times: He Struggled at School, but Now Success Is Adding Up
• Bard Partners with D.C. Schools on New Early College
• Bard Early College Academy at KIPP Renaissance High School in New Orleans Welcomes Inaugural Class of 45 Students
• Bard High School Early College in Cleveland Graduates Its First Four-Year Cohort
• Opinion: BHSEC Newark Principal Carla Stephens on Creating Affordable Pathways to College
• Scenes from My High School’s Walkout: Bard High School Early College Alumna Eve Peyser Returns to Her Alma Mater
• No Fear: How Bard High School Early College Cleveland Helped a Student Find Her Voice
• Bard Early College New Orleans Announces Full-Day Program
• New York City Expands Integration Program, Adding the Prestigious Bard High School in Queens
• Bard High School Early College Queens to Receive $1.5 Million Grant from New York State Education Department
• BHSEC Students: Let Teens Vote
• BHSEC Baltimore Student Tyler Williams on Being Black in Baltimore and Finding the Language to Express the Complexity of that Truth
• Students Graduate with Associate Degrees from Baltimore’s Bard High School Early College
• Bard Joins Steering Committee of New College in High School Alliance
• Spotlight on Bard Early Colleges in The Atlantic: Early College Doesn’t Mean Abandoning the Liberal Arts
• Carnegie Corporation Awards Bard College $1.5 Million Grant to Establish New Center for Early College
• The New York Post: Both NYC BHSEC campuses listed as top dual-enrollment schools in the city
• The New York Times: BHSEC Manhattan Alum Writes About Modernizing the New York Times Archive
• Connect Corporate: BHSEC Manhattan Alum Featured as One of 2016’s 40 Under 40
• NewsChannel 5: Federal Pell Grants Now Offered to High School Students
• The Chronicle of Higher Education: Interview with Ian Bickford, Provost of Bard College at Simon’s Rock
• Lawyer Herald: FTC Sues for-profit DeVry University Over Job, Earning Claims
• The Bay Net: Governor Larry Hogan Announces the Maryland Early Graduation Scholarship
• WMAR Baltimore: Bard Early College Baltimore Offers Students Opportunity to Earn Tuition-Free College Degree
• Center Maryland Exclusive: Bard Early College Baltimore Center of Intellectual Energy and Community
• Be Smart: Teaching Math So Students Can Learn It
• DNAInfo: LES Teacher Wins Prestigious Award for Math and Science Instruction
• NY Daily News: The Newsies! Honors Three New York City High School Students for Excellence in Photojournalism
• U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation: How Early College High Schools Improve Higher Ed Completion
• Niche: BHSEC Queens Ranked 8th Best Public High School in New York State
• Hechinger Report: Improving Lackluster U.S. High Schools
• Thomas B. Fordham Institute: Pell Grants Should Go (Only) to Needy Students Who are Ready for College
• Hechinger Report: Public Early Colleges Quietly Solve U.S. Inequity
• The Baltimore Sun: In Bard, Baltimore School Officials Hope to Pave a Free Path to College
• Two of the Top 40: BHSEC Manhattan, BHSEC Queens
• Learning the Liberal Arts: Earning a Diploma and an Associate’s Degree in Public High School
• MD Governor Hogan cites BHSEC Baltimore in Sun Editorial: The Economic Engine of Maryland
• The Times-Picayune: New Orleans Students Discuss What It Means to Be Human
• Newsweek: Top High Schools for Low-Income Students
• The Baltimore Sun: The Case for Shortening High School
• Hudson Valley News: Gibson Lobbies for Early College Bill at Bard
• The Washington Post: One proposal to help poor students get to college: Pay to send them early
• InformEd Blog: Want a Faster, Cheaper Way to Get a College Degree? Start in High School
• The Academy for Teachers: Seven Bard High School Early College Manhattan Teachers Are Honored
• The Atlantic: What Happens When Struggling High School Students Take College Classes
• Afro.com: Governor Larry Hogan Announces State-Approved Early College Partnership Between Baltimore City
• The Times-Picayune: College for All: Seniors Discuss N.O. Public Schools
• Diverse Education: Give All Students a Chance to Walk Across the Stage
• Fox 8 Live: Operation Graduation
• The Villager: Students Keep the Energy and the Dialogue Going