Friends of BHSEC II: Giving to Bard High School Early College

To provide the small classes and excellent faculty that make the Bard High School Early College program so outstanding and successful costs money—more than the New York City Department of Education provides.

The college text books, library, science labs, tutoring and college transfer services used by our early college students costs even more. Indeed, Bard College and Bard High School Early College need to raise almost $1.5 million annually—or $3000 per early college student—to accomplish our mission of equipping our broadly diverse but highly motivated students for upper level college work by the time they graduate.

Our model works—our students are highly engaged with their studies and find that they are “more than prepared” for the rigors of advanced college work. We ask that you engage with us as well by contributing today to help sustain this successful educational enterprise that is preparing the leaders of tomorrow. At least 50% of your contribution will be earmarked for an endowment established for the specific purpose of hiring adjunct college faculty for the early college program.