Bard's Early College in New Orleans Program is a response to the long-standing shortage of college preparatory resources in the New Orleans public school system. Through partnerships with high schools across the city, the Early College in New Orleans program offers tuition-free, Bard accredited coursework to ambitious students who face obstacles to higher education. Our students — the young people who will inherit the challenge of building the future of New Orleans — earn college credit in intensive courses that strengthen skills in critical writing and analysis and prepare them for all forms of higher education.