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
Program: Microcollege
This ‘Microcollege’ for Low-Income Students Is Located in an Unexpected Place
The Brooklyn Public Library is an imposing building, with a 50-foot tall entryway portico and towering columns adorned with gold-leafed art. Since its completion in 1941, millions of people have walked through them in search of knowledge, culture, and, yes, books. But in 2017, more than… Read More
Bard College to Launch ‘Microcollege,’ Targeting Low-Income Applicants
The maximum-security inmates who beat a Harvard College team in a debate two years ago put a national spotlight on the prisoners’ ambitious college program, the Bard Prison Initiative. Now Bard College is launching a new satellite in another site that bucks tradition: the Brooklyn Public Library… 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
How This Radical College for Inmates is Taking Its Program Outside the Walls
Nationally, nearly half of all inmates released from prison return there after committing another crime. But the recidivism rate among those who’ve earned college degrees through the Bard Prison Initiative, an adjunct program operated by liberal arts school Bard College inside six medium and maximum… Read More