Bard High School Early College

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BHSEC Manhattan
Bard High School Early College's Manhattan location at 525 E Houston St.
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Bard High School Early College
Coordinates 40°43′7.205″N73°58′33.125″W / 40.71866806°N 73.97586806°W / 40.71866806; -73.97586806
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MottoA Place to Think
Established2001
School district24
President Leon Botstein
PrincipalFormerly Stephen Chaterpaul, searching for replacement as of end of 2023-2024 school year
Grades 9–12
Enrollment~3,000
CampusUrban
Color(s)Black, white, and red
   
NewspaperThe Bardvark, The Underground (Manhattan Campus), BQ Broadside, The Quill (Queens campus)
Affiliations Bard College, Bard College at Simon's Rock, NYC Department of Education
Website www.bard.edu/earlycollege

Bard High School Early College (BHSEC) is a series of early college schools with multiple campuses in the United States, enrolling approximately 3,000 students across all campuses. [1] The schools allow students to begin their college studies two years early, graduating with a Bard College Associate in Arts degree in addition to their high school diploma. Students complete their high school studies in the ninth and tenth grade, after which they begin taking credit-bearing college courses under the same roof. Unlike some dual-enrollment programs, students stay on the same campus for all four years, and both high school- and college-level courses are taught by the same faculty. Teachers at the Bard High School Early Colleges are both certified public school teachers as well as experienced academic scholars, often holding terminal degrees in their areas of study.[ citation needed ]

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The first campus, Bard High School Early College Manhattan, opened in New York City in 2001 as a partnership between Bard College and various local public school systems. [2] There are now eight Bard High School Early College campuses across the country.

The Bard High School Early Colleges are part of a larger network of early college programs run by Bard College, called the Bard Early Colleges, which also include half-day programs in New Orleans, Louisiana; in partnership with the Harlem Children's Zone in New York City; and in Hudson, New York.

Admissions

Applicants must maintain a B letter grade of 85 percent or higher to be considered. Bard has its own academic standards, and if a student meets them, they will be called to a one-on-one interview.[ citation needed ] In advance of their opening in the Bronx, the school's admissions and diversity practices were called into question. This had been an issue in D.C., including addressing the city's brain drain. [3] [4]

History

Founded in 2001 as a partnership of the New York City Department of Education and Bard College and funded in part by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Bard High School Early College Manhattan was the first public Bard Early College with other foundations following. [5] But the early college model and many of the teaching philosophies employed at the Bard Early Colleges were primarily developed at Bard College at Simon's Rock, the oldest early college entrance program and only accredited four-year early college to date.

BHSEC Manhattan was the first school in the Gates Foundation's Early College High School Initiative, which aims to improve education in the U.S. by introducing smaller public high schools that help remove barriers to college education by offering students a college education in a high school setting.

As of 2023, over 4,000 A.A. degrees have been awarded at BHSEC campuses. [6] The schools have a 98% high school graduation rate and a 95% A.A. degree attainment rate. Many BHSEC graduates transfer their 60+ college credits to another college or university and finish their Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree in two more years; others opt to study for three or four years in their subsequent institutions.

School structure

By the end of their time at a BHSEC program, students have the ability to earn up to 60 Bard College credits. [7]

High school (9th & 10th grades)

In the BHSEC program, students spend what is traditionally ninth and tenth grade finishing the bulk of their high school work. Students are encouraged to take all required state testing by the end of 10th grade, when possible – in New York City, students take the five Regents exams required for the High School Regents diploma, which they receive in addition to the Associates of Arts degree from Bard College.

Early College Program (11th & 12th grades)

The two years spent in the college program are called "Year 1" and "Year 2". As a college program, students may select their courses based primarily on their academic interests and preferences for certain professors, but they must also meet the college program's core requirements.

Campuses

Bard High School Early Colleges (4-year)

Other Bard Early College programs (Half-day)

Recognition

In 2009, President Barack Obama singled out BHSEC as the model for the future in his Centennial Speech to the NAACP:

We also have to explore innovative approaches such as those being pursued here in New York City; innovations like Bard High School Early College and Medgar Evers College Preparatory School that are challenging students to complete high school and earn a free associate's degree or college credit in just four years. [10]

Notable alumni

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References

  1. ↑ Relations, Bard Public. "Bard High School Early College Opens Its Bronx Campus". www.bard.edu. Retrieved September 1, 2023.
  2. ↑ DeRuy, Emily (December 7, 2016). "Where Students Get Two Years of College in High School for Free". The Atlantic. Retrieved July 19, 2024.
  3. ↑ Zimmerman, Alex (November 19, 2019). "Selective Bard High School wants to open in the Bronx, but it may have to rethink its admissions policy". Chalkbeat. Retrieved July 19, 2024.
  4. ↑ "Plans for Bard's early college school prompt questions about impact, location". TheDCLine.org. October 31, 2018. Retrieved July 19, 2024.
  5. ↑ Spencer, Kyle (April 9, 2013). "Rigorous Schools Put College Dreams Into Practice". The New York Times. Retrieved July 19, 2024.
  6. ↑ Relations, Bard Public. "Bard High School Early College Opens Its Bronx Campus". www.bard.edu. Retrieved September 1, 2023.
  7. ↑ D'Orio, Wayne (March 22, 2022). "Bringing College into High Schools". Education Next. Retrieved July 19, 2024.
  8. ↑ Dieterle, Marcus (August 12, 2021). "Bard Baltimore receives $1.5M from Bloomberg Philanthropies for early college education for high school students". Baltimore Fishbowl. Retrieved July 19, 2024.
  9. ↑ Stein, Perry (August 26, 2019). "D.C. kicks off the school year with a new school — and more choices". Washington Post. Retrieved July 19, 2024.
  10. ↑ "Remarks by the President to the NAACP Centennial Convention 07/16/2009". whitehouse.gov. July 17, 2009. Retrieved July 9, 2020.
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