Carnegie Corporation Awards Bard Early College $1.5 Million Grant to Expand Access to Early College in NYC
Bard College President Leon Bostein with Dame Louise Richardson, President of the Carnegie Corporation, visiting Bard High School Early College Manhattan. Photo by Filip Wolak
Bard Early College is pleased to announce it has received a $1.5 million grant from Carnegie Corporation of New York to support two new early college campuses in New York City. The philanthropic grant will support Bard Early College’s ambitious expansion of access to early college education as it ramps up enrollment at these two new campuses.
With the opening of Bard High School Early College Bronx and Bard High School Early College Brooklyn, Bard Early College (BEC) has doubled their NYC footprint in the last two years. The former opened in September of 2023; the latter in September of 2024. Both of these new schools reflect a strong commitment to access for historically underrepresented students. More than 80% of seats at both schools are reserved for their immediate communities: respectively, the South Bronx and the Ocean Hill-Brownsville and East New York neighborhoods.
“We are delighted by the partnership and support of Carnegie Corporation of New York at this very exciting time in our early college expansion in New York City,” said Vice President and Dean of the Early Colleges Dumaine Williams. “This generous grant will help sustain the established Bard Early College campuses (in Manhattan and Queens) and provide much needed support as we scale the model by launching the newer campuses in the Bronx and Brooklyn.”
For Bard Early College students, the high school experience has been completely redesigned: the 9th and 10th grades are immersive college preparation, and the 11th and 12th grades are the first two years of full-time college study. More than 80% of faculty hold terminal degrees in their fields. Additionally, at every BEC program, students take courses that promote civic engagement and students are encouraged to make direct connections between their lived experiences, the communities they live in, and their coursework.
Student success at Bard Early College High schools has been amply demonstrated in NYC and 10 campuses nationwide. BEC graduates who are first generation college students enroll in college at a much higher rate than the national average (79% compared to 58% nationally). Moreover, BEC graduates go on to complete college at significantly higher rates than their peers. A matched pair analysis by Metis Associates found that Black students that attended BHSEC were 39% more likely to complete a BA than their academically and socioeconomically matched peers in traditional NYC high schools.
As these two new schools open their doors, the Carnegie grant will enable Bard Early College to build robust, supportive, and academically excellent academic programs as these two schools grow towards their full capacity of 500 students each.
Post Date: 10-26-2024
With the opening of Bard High School Early College Bronx and Bard High School Early College Brooklyn, Bard Early College (BEC) has doubled their NYC footprint in the last two years. The former opened in September of 2023; the latter in September of 2024. Both of these new schools reflect a strong commitment to access for historically underrepresented students. More than 80% of seats at both schools are reserved for their immediate communities: respectively, the South Bronx and the Ocean Hill-Brownsville and East New York neighborhoods.
“We are delighted by the partnership and support of Carnegie Corporation of New York at this very exciting time in our early college expansion in New York City,” said Vice President and Dean of the Early Colleges Dumaine Williams. “This generous grant will help sustain the established Bard Early College campuses (in Manhattan and Queens) and provide much needed support as we scale the model by launching the newer campuses in the Bronx and Brooklyn.”
For Bard Early College students, the high school experience has been completely redesigned: the 9th and 10th grades are immersive college preparation, and the 11th and 12th grades are the first two years of full-time college study. More than 80% of faculty hold terminal degrees in their fields. Additionally, at every BEC program, students take courses that promote civic engagement and students are encouraged to make direct connections between their lived experiences, the communities they live in, and their coursework.
Student success at Bard Early College High schools has been amply demonstrated in NYC and 10 campuses nationwide. BEC graduates who are first generation college students enroll in college at a much higher rate than the national average (79% compared to 58% nationally). Moreover, BEC graduates go on to complete college at significantly higher rates than their peers. A matched pair analysis by Metis Associates found that Black students that attended BHSEC were 39% more likely to complete a BA than their academically and socioeconomically matched peers in traditional NYC high schools.
As these two new schools open their doors, the Carnegie grant will enable Bard Early College to build robust, supportive, and academically excellent academic programs as these two schools grow towards their full capacity of 500 students each.
Post Date: 10-26-2024