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– BEC About BEC Mission & Theory of Change Our History Partners Our People FAQs Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Human Resources Employment Opportunities News Our Network Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens Newark Cleveland Baltimore Washington D.C. New Orleans Hudson Valley The Bard Sequence Our Model Academic Programs Writing & Thinking and Seminar Academic Events Faculty Faculty News Early College Program Chairs and Fellowship Faculty Development & Certification Student Supports & Credit Transfer Civic Engagement Our Students Student Voices About Our Alumni/ae For Alumni/ae Our Impact Results Public Policy and Movement Building Pedagogy and Training Giving Give Today Ways To Give search A Head Start on College Our model is premised on the belief that many adolescents are ready and eager to start college at an earlier age. Empowering them to do so during the last two years of high school in a supportive environment inspires love of learning and civic and intellectual engagement and propels students towards success in college and beyond. Support Our Mission A Report on Bard’s 20 Years of Early College A Head Start on College Our model is premised on the belief that many adolescents are ready and eager to start college at an earlier age. Empowering them to do so during the last two years of high school in a supportive environment inspires love of learning and civic and intellectual engagement and propels students towards success in college and beyond. Support Our Mission A Report on Bard’s 20 Years of Early College A Head Start on College Our model is premised on the belief that many adolescents are ready and eager to start college at an earlier age. Empowering them to do so during the last two years of high school in a supportive environment inspires love of learning and civic and intellectual engagement and propels students towards success in college and beyond. Support Our Mission A Report on Bard’s 20 Years of Early College Manhattan, NY Founded 2001 637 Students Local Partner: New York City Department of Education Visit Website Queens, NY Founded 2008 653 Students Local Partner: New York City Department of Education Visit Website Newark, NJ Founded 2011 408 Students Local Partner: Newark Board of Education Visit Website New Orleans, LA Founded 2011 114 Students Local Partner: Louisiana Department of Education Visit Website Cleveland, OH Founded 2014 445 Students Local Partner: Cleveland Metropolitan School District Visit Website Baltimore, MD Founded 2015 413 Students Local Partner: Baltimore City Public Schools Visit Website Hudson Valley, NY Founded 2017 25 Students Local Partner: New York State BOCES Visit Website Washington, D.C. Founded 2019 266 Students Local Partner: District of Columbia Public Schools Visit Website Bronx, NY Founded 2023 125 Students Local Partner: New York City Department of Education Visit Website Brooklyn, NY Founded 2024 125 Students Local Partner: New York City Department of Education Visit Website Our Network is a multi-campus network of Bard College established to provide adolescents in American public school systems with the chance to go farther and faster than the status quo allows. serves approximately 3,300 students at nine degree-granting campuses and a growing number of partnership programs through which students can complete up to one year of college. Our Impact 60 % First-generation college students 73 % Students eligible for Pell Grants 9 s across 5 states 86 % Six-year BA degree graduation rate 4,411 AA degrees awarded since 2003 68 % Associate’s degree attainment rate 97 % High school graduation rate with at least one year of college credit 3,355 Total enrollment My class with Bruce Matthews taught me to be skeptical of the world,…to be aware and mindful of things, and don’t just take things at face value. Don’t take assumptions and stereotypes and just hold them to your heart when there’s so much more. I think that goes for all of my other classes I’ve had. At Bard, I’ve learned how to critically think and to think deeply about things. – Jennora Blair, Manhattan ‘20 Bard has prepared me. I feel like I’m not even going to college, I’m just continuing. – Bryce Taylor, Baltimore ‘20 At Bard, you have a sense of independence…and I wouldn’t have had that discipline nor that sense of responsibility had I not been at Bard. – Kimbrielle Boult New Orleans ‘20 In the News BHSEC Brooklyn to Open This Fall New Jersey Bill Expands Access To Dual Enrollment In The State Early College Is the Equalizer We Need” in the New York Times Publishes BHSEC Baltimore Impact Report 2022: A Year In Review BHSEC Queens Y1 speaks to the strengths of early college education in the Gotham Gazette ’s Stephen Tremaine and Dumaine Williams call for more access to early college education in The 74 BHSEC Cleveland student describes recovering – academically and personally – from the pandemic in Chalkbeat op-ed ’s history as a leading force for innovation profiled in Education Next See all news About Bard College Support Work at 30-20 Thomson Ave, Long Island City, NY 11101 (718) 361-3133 x8726 [email protected] FAQs Contact Us Facebook BEC Instagram BEC Twitter BEC Translate...