Mercy College, Bard College among colleges participating in joint state-NYC program. Read More
Program: The College
The Day I Learned if My Dad Would Get Parole
I knew my world could soon be filled with love and possibility instead of heartache and loneliness. Read More
BPI’s 16th Commencement
BPI celebrates its 15th anniversary with its 16th commencement from Taconic correctional facility. 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
College Classes In Maximum Security: ‘It Gives You Meaning’
A privately funded program provides higher education to about 300 students in New York state prisons. Graduates are less likely to get in legal trouble after prison but getting hired is a challenge. Read More
Here’s the most cost-effective way to solve our prison crisis
Anthony Cardenales began stealing fruit as a youngster in the South Bronx, and by the time he was 17 he was in prison, serving a 17-year sentence for murder.... Read More
Q&A with author of book about college in prison
New book tells the story of initiative that brings liberal arts education to incarcerated men and women. Read More
Scholars Behind Bars
American higher education has to deal much with bad news, as any quick scan of the country’s front pages will confirm: skyrocketing costs, runaway debt, sexual violence, and sluggish students more interested in partying than learning. But consider the following description of Bard College… 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
Bard Prison Initiative Organic Garden at Fishkill Correctional Facility Donates 100 Pounds of Produce to Soup Kitchen in Beacon
Bard College Press Release: Bard Prison Initiative Organic Garden at Fishkill Correctional Facility Donates 100 Pounds of Produce to Soup Kitchen in Beacon Read More