The unique structure of the Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) Program responds to an urgent need for change in public education. The Bard MAT offers:
- Full-time faculty in the academic disciplines and education
- Extended graduate study in an academic discipline
- Close advisement, small classes, an intimate educational community
- An integrated curriculum of academic studies and guided experiences in the field
- A model for educational leadership through active partnerships with public schools
- A Bard College tradition of innovation in education.
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Bard College's President Leon Botstein has been a significant voice for educational change at the national level for many years...read full article in NEWSWEEK MAGAZINE
President Leon Botstein has won a prestigious national award from Pipeline Crisis/Winning Strategies Initiatives for his stewardship of the Bard Prison Initiative...read full article in the Daily Freeman
