Reimagining the place of higher education.
21st Commencement
Celebrating 63 graduates at Eastern with voting rights icon Desmond Meade.
The Bard Prison Initiative (BPI) works to redefine the availability, affordability, and expectations typically associated with higher education in America.
Since 2001, BPI has created groundbreaking opportunities to radically expand college access in and beyond prisons. All of BPI’s work is done in the service of the capacity and appetite for learning among communities typically excluded from higher education.
BPI In the News
The Historic Return of Pell Funding for Incarcerated Students and What Comes Next
Webinar hosted by BPI
Their Stories Helped Lift a 26-Year Ban on Pell Grants for Prisoners
By Katherine Mangan, The Chronicle of Higher Education
On the win, at last
By Max Kenner ’01, Executive Director
By The Numbers
600+
Students Enrolled
11
Campuses
870+
Degrees Conferred