Bard Early Colleges

Bard Early Colleges 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.

Bard Early College Summer Intensive 2026 ✨This year’s session featured live theater, exploration of cultural sites, crea...
08/17/2026

Bard Early College Summer Intensive 2026 ✨

This year’s session featured live theater, exploration of cultural sites, creative writing, and deepening our understanding of the past and present history of Berlin. Together with their early college peers from different Bard Early College campuses, students dove into the immersive experience of living and studying abroad.

The summer intensive, like the early college model, strives to deliver a serious academic experience while exposing students to opportunities, ideas, and knowledge that both question and expand their worldview.

Thanks as always to our program team and our incredible partners at Bard College Berlin for hosting us and collaborating on this experience.

Congratulations to the Bard Early College Class of 2026! We wish the best to these graduates as they head off onto their...
08/03/2026

Congratulations to the Bard Early College Class of 2026! We wish the best to these graduates as they head off onto their next chapter. We know the future is better and brighter because of them.

Across our national network of ten schools this year, we celebrated:

661 High School diplomas
585 Associate in Arts degrees
Over 40,500 credits earned
Over $52.2 million in college tuition saved by credits earned at Bard Early College

Congratulations to the Bard Early College Class of 2026! We wish the best to these graduates as they head off onto their...
08/03/2026

Congratulations to the Bard Early College Class of 2026! We wish the best to these graduates as they head off onto their next chapter. We know the future is better and brighter because of them!

Across our national network of ten schools this year, we celebrated:

661 High School diplomas
585 Associate in Arts degrees
Over 40,500 credits earned
Over $52.2 million in college tuition saved by credits earned at Bard Early College

Ariella Thompson, BHSEC Bronx ’27, coauthored an opinion piece with Luis R. Sepulveda, the New York State Senator for th...
08/03/2026

Ariella Thompson, BHSEC Bronx ’27, coauthored an opinion piece with Luis R. Sepulveda, the New York State Senator for the Bronx’s 32nd district, for New York Daily News.

The op-ed highlights how success at Bard is not just defined by grades, but by a deepened intellectual curiosity and confidence in students. Programs like BHSEC Bronx achieve this outcome by deliberately rethinking how we educate students and prepare them in practice, not just in theory, for all that follows a high school degree.

“This style of learning teaches us intellectual confidence,” Ariella shares. “Seminar discussions require students to speak thoughtfully, listen carefully, and understand that learning is not just about following instructions, but also about developing our own ideas. Instead of waiting until adulthood to be treated as serious thinkers, we begin developing that identity while still in high school.”

Senator Sepulveda elaborates that “programs such as BHSEC Bronx exist because educators, institutions, and public leaders make a deliberate decision to invest in students and expand access to opportunities that have historically been out of reach for many young people.”

Read the full piece at the link in our bio.

⏰ Match week is here!Every BHSEC alumni/ae gift will be matched dollar-for-dollar through Friday, June 12th. Help us unl...
06/10/2026

⏰ Match week is here!

Every BHSEC alumni/ae gift will be matched dollar-for-dollar through Friday, June 12th. Help us unlock matching funds for BHSEC students and make twice the impact with your donation. We have $8,275 left to raise in just three days to make the most of this special opportunity.

It’s that time of year again! Please join our third annual alumni/ae giving challenge by donating to BHSEC this week. Ou...
06/09/2026

It’s that time of year again! Please join our third annual alumni/ae giving challenge by donating to BHSEC this week. Our goal is to raise $8,500. All donations will be matched up to our goal, so you can double the positive impact of your gift! Come together with your classmates to support free early college — make a donation and note in the comment box that your gift is for the challenge.

During the month of March, we celebrate civic engagement across the early college network by highlighting some of the wo...
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.

Sign up for our newsletter at the link in our bio to receive these highlights and more direct to your email!

Applications for our summer study abroad opportunities are now open! Don’t miss your chance to apply - we encourage inte...
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. 🛫

📣 The application is now open for the Montserrat Summer Program, an opportunity exclusively for Bard Early College stude...
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]. 🌍

📣 The application is now open for the 2026 session of the Bard Early College Summer Intensive in Berlin, Germany, hosted...
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. 🌍

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