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 […]

“Early College Is the Equalizer We Need” in the New York Times

Bard College at Simon’s Rock alumnus John McWhorter SR ’83 calls the Bard High School Early Colleges in Manhattan and Queens “sterling examples” of a tuition-free early college model in an opinion piece for The New York Times, entitled “Early College Is the Equalizer We Need“. He cites the high college graduation rates of Bard […]

Bard Early College Publishes BHSEC Baltimore Impact Report

BALTIMORE, MARYLAND — Bard Early College recently published an impact reportevaluating the postsecondary outcomes of students graduating from Bard High School EarlyCollege Baltimore (BHSEC Baltimore) and how those outcomes compare to students citywide.This evaluation uses data sets collected and compiled by the Baltimore Education ResearchConsortium on college access and completion for Baltimore City Schools graduates, […]

Bard Early College 2022: A Year In Review

Read about the exciting happenings in 2022 for the Bard Early Colleges. View the report here.

BHSEC Queens Y1 speaks to the strengths of early college education in the Gotham Gazette

“I never thought I would be ready for college until I realized that I was already in one.” In this op-ed, BHSEC Queens Class of 2023 student Aarsha Joshi writes about her unique high school experience in an early college, and calls on legislators to expand access to early college and dual enrollment programs. Read […]

Bard Early College’s Stephen Tremaine and Dumaine Williams call for more access to early college education in The 74

“It’s no secret that college enrollment in the U.S. has dropped, and these declines aren’t slowing down: This fall, college enrollment nationally decreased by nearly another half-million students. These drops are unevenly distributed across race, socioeconomic class and even gender, with recent reports showing that young men are opting out of college at record-setting rates. While […]

BHSEC Cleveland student describes recovering – academically and personally – from the pandemic in Chalkbeat op-ed

BHSEC Cleveland Class of 2023 student Yuleisy Aguirre de Jesus shares her experience transitioning into a rigorous early college program while simultaneously working to get back on track from COVID-19 related academic and personal obstacles. Read the full op-ed here.

Bard Early College’s history as a leading force for innovation profiled in Education Next

“Hopscotch through classrooms in this Newark, New Jersey, school and you’ll hear students debate their interpretations of Marx’s theory of alienated labor, puzzle over how to create airtight proofs, and ponder how Islam grew into a religion. If you guessed that each of these scenes happened at a college, you’re right. And if you guessed […]

News Archive

• 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