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The Bard Early Colleges are a network of schools across the country which offer tuition-free, credit-bearing college study in high school settings.

With over a 15 years of success, Bard Early Colleges are transforming public secondary education through innovative public-private partnerships. The Early Colleges offer students a rigorous, tuition-free, credit-bearing, college course of study in the liberal arts and sciences during the four years of traditional high school. We currently operate seven schools and programs across the country. Our

network offices are located in the Manhattan campus on the Lower East Side. BHSEC Manhattan
BSHEC Queens
BHSEC Newark
BHSEC Cleveland
BHSEC Baltimore
Bard Early College in New Orleans
Bard Early College at Harlem Children's Zone

This page is for network-wide news and updates. For more information on each of the campuses, please click on the sidebar tabs.

03/31/2026

During the month of March, we celebrate civic engagement across the early college network by highlighting some of the work of our students, faculty, and staff around advocacy, policy, and community engagement.

This year, the Bard community has participated in advocacy efforts with New York State officials, volunteered time with community organizations, hosted a voter registration drive, kickstarted school-wide food waste initiatives, and sat in on arguments at the United States Supreme Court. This is just a small sample of the incredible civic engagement we see in our schools every day.

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01/13/2026

Applications for our summer study abroad opportunities are now open! Don’t miss your chance to apply - we encourage interested students to apply by the rolling deadline of January 19th. Information on both the Summer Intensive at Bard College Berlin and the Montserrat Summer Program can be found at the link in our bio. 🛫

12/20/2025

📣 The application is now open for the Montserrat Summer Program, an opportunity exclusively for Bard Early College students to explore the art and culture of Montserrat.

Students will take one course (2 credits), Exploring the Caribbean Cultural Arts of Montserrat over two weeks. The course examines the rich cultural arts of Montserrat through local traditions in music, dance, art, film, photography, fashion, and cuisine.

Bard Early College students who are 16+ and in strong academic and social standing are encouraged to apply. For more information, email Colin Harte at [email protected]. 🌍

12/18/2025

📣 The application is now open for the 2026 session of the Bard Early College Summer Intensive in Berlin, Germany, hosted on campus with our friends and colleagues at .

Study abroad with peers from across the early college network in one of the world’s most exciting cities. While earning credits in college courses, this program will allow you to experience what it is like to immerse yourself in a new culture.

Bard Early College students who are 16+ and in strong academic and social standing are encouraged to apply. More information on next year’s session and all application materials can be found at the link in our bio. 🌍

11/14/2025

This morning, BHSEC Bronx hosted New York State Senator Luis R. Sepúlveda for a presentation of a $215,000 award, given as part of Senator Sepúlveda’s Empowering the Bronx Initiative.

Joining Senator Sepúlveda to celebrate this exciting award was the Commissioner of New York State Department of Education, Dr. Betty Rosa; First Deputy Chancellor of New York City Public Schools, Isabel DiMola; members of borough and city government; and BHSEC Bronx faculty, staff, and students.

Together, we proudly celebrate the young people of the Bronx and continue to invest in their success.

11/13/2025

Today is the day! Join us for our second-annual Bard Early College Giving Day — and help BHSEC unlock $45,000 in matching gifts. A small group of generous parents and alumni/ae have set this special giving challenge for us, doubling the impact of all donations.

To participate in the challenge, you can choose to donate to your home campus, or to the Bard Early College Fund, which supports all ten of our schools.

Our free early college programs rely on community support to meet our operating budget every year. If you believe in our mission, now is the best time to give! Visit link in bio.

11/10/2025

Celebrate the holiday season with your fellow BHSEC alumni/ae at the beautiful RESOBOX space on Wednesday, December 10th, from 6:30 to 8:30 pm. Spend the evening reconnecting with your classmates, friends, and favorite faculty while enjoying light fare and seasonal drinks. This is a 21+ event. Register using link in bio!

10/30/2025

A generous group of BHSEC parents and alumni/ae have set a new challenge for us this year — if we can raise $45,000 by November 13th, they will match it!

Last year, for our first-ever Giving Day, you helped us raise over $100k for our free early college programs. We’re excited to bring our community together again this November to support BHSEC students, faculty, and staff with the resources they need.

Mark your calendar to donate on our Giving Day — November 13th — or give today! To help us meet the challenge, you may give anytime between now and November 13th — just make a note in the comment box at the bottom of the donation page that you’d like us to count your gift towards the Giving Day match challenge. Early giving towards our goal opens today, October 30th.

Click the link in our profile to double your gift this year!

10/24/2025

Want to keep up with what’s happening across the network? Sign up for our newsletter at the link in our bio for all updates on events, community achievements, and more!

09/02/2025

Summer went by quickly, but we’re so excited to be back for another excellent school year! Students across the network are transitioning back to school, beginning (as always) with Writing and Thinking, learning writing practices and techniques that they will develop all year long. Photo by Jason Miller

07/28/2025

As July comes to an end, we are concluding another session of the Bard Early College Summer Intensive at Bard College Berlin!

Germany’s capital continues to serve as an exciting backdrop for our network wide international intensive. For three weeks, 20 early college students from 9 of our campuses took part in excursions, workshops, and college coursework while living and studying together with their early college peers from around the country.

The academic core of the program exposes students to the historical and cultural environment of Berlin. Outside of class, students explore both historic and modern Berlin, deepen connections to the classroom content, and immerse themselves in the experience of living abroad.

Many thanks to our partners at for another summer on their beautiful campus. Photos by Ly Nguyen.

07/04/2025

Congratulations to the Bard Early College Class of 2025!

The numbers don’t lie. This year across our national network of schools, we celebrated:

630 High School diplomas
542 Associate in Arts degrees
An estimated 36,486 credits earned
An estimated $46,957,482 in college tuition saved by credits earned at Bard Early College

The scholars of the Class of 2025 are talented writers, artists, and thinkers who navigated the rigorous environment of an early college with determination and resilience. Today, they are a cohort of intelligent and curious young people prepared to face today’s world.

We wish all the best to our graduates, and we know their futures are bright!

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