Why Give?
To provide the small classes and hire the excellent college faculty that make the Bard Early College model so outstanding and successful costs money
—more than our public partners provide. The college textbooks, science labs, libraries, tutoring, and college counseling services available to our early college students also require additional resources. Bard College and supporters of its early college schools (parents, alumni, foundations, and individuals) need to raise funds to sustain the Bard Early College model, now and into the future.
Our model works: our students are highly engaged in their studies, complete up to two years of college during high school at no cost to them, and find that they are "more than prepared" for the rigors of advanced college work. Under the auspices of Bard College and with the support of our funding partners, the Bard Early Colleges have become a national model for improving high school achievement, college preparedness, college access, and college success.
We ask you to
contribute today to help sustain this successful educational enterprise that is preparing the leaders of tomorrow. To continue transforming the secondary school landscape, we need partners who are committed to pioneering the reform of our education system.