Bard High School Early College
| BHSEC Manhattan | |
|---|---|
Bard High School Early College's Manhattan location at 525 E Houston St. | |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 40°43′7.205″N 73°58′33.125″W / 40.71866806°N 73.97586806°W |
| Information | |
| Motto | A Place to Think |
| Established | 2001 |
| School district | 24 |
| President | Leon Botstein |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | ~3,000 |
| Campus | Urban |
| Color(s) | Black, white, and red |
| Newspaper | The 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 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. 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.
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. 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.