From Vermont Quarterly: The University of Vermont. When eleven UVM undergrads in the course “Justice Studies” arrive for a weekly class meeting, they are required to leave their keys, cellphones, and other personal belongings at the door before walking through a metal detector under the… Read More
Author:
Amanda Woloshyn
A College in the Brooklyn Public Library
From Inside Higher Ed. The local public library is a treasured (if sometimes forgotten) American institution, free and open to all. Recognizing this, Bard College has opened a satellite college in the main branch of the Brooklyn Public Library in New York City, offering disadvantaged… Read More
Bard and Brooklyn Public Library Partner for Microcollege
From the Library Journal. Bard College, a private liberal arts college in Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, and Brooklyn Public Library (BPL) have partnered to launch a “microcollege”—an innovative undergraduate program for nontraditional students—at BPL’s Central Library in Prospect Heights. Bard at Brooklyn Public Library is designed to… Read More
Going Public: The Birth and Rebirth of Erasmus Hall
A Bard at Brooklyn Public Library open house event. Sat, Oct. 28 2017 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Central Library, Trustees' Room 10 Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn NY 11238 The Rethinking Education Lecture Series celebrates the launch of a full-scholarship Bard College degree program at Brooklyn Public… Read More
BPI’s 16th Commencement
BPI celebrates its 15th anniversary with its 16th commencement from Taconic correctional facility. Read More
Why the Ford Foundation Launched a Program For Formerly Incarcerated People—And How We Did It
From the Ford Foundation. In late 2015, Darren Walker approached the foundation’s Talent and Human Resources team and asked us to create a professional development program for graduates of the Bard Prison Initiative(BPI). At the foundation, we’ve long supported the innovative work of BPI, which gives… Read More
BPI’s 15th Commencement
BPI celebrates its 15th commencement at Eastern Correctional Facility with Commencement speech by Jonathan Holloway, Dean, Yale College. Film produced by Winton / duPont Films and posted on Vimeo. Read More
BPI’s 14th Commencement
BPI celebrates its 14th commencement at Woodbourne Correctional Facility with a commencement speech by Hakeem Jeffries, NY Congressman, 2016. Produced by Skiff Mountain. Read More
BPI’s 12th Commencement on January 24, 2015
BPI celebrates its 12th commencement at Eastern Correctional Facility, with commencement speech by Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Arch Bishop of New York. January 24, 2015 Produced by Winton / duPont Films and posted on Vimeo. Read More
BPI on 60 Minutes
CBS correspondent Bob Simon reports on the Bard Prison Initiative from its program at the Eastern Correctional Facility in New York State. The story features four BPI students and interviews with Commissioner of New York State Department of Corrections Brian Fischer, Bard College President… Read More