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What are Bard Microcolleges?

Bard College, distilled to its essence.

Bard Microcolleges, created in partnership with local institutions, serve communities often excluded from the university experience. Students enroll full-time and work towards Bard College Associate in Arts degrees in Liberal Studies on full scholarship.

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Student Voices

“I came to the Microcollege to get back something I thought I had lost; however, I ended up embracing a wild transformation of how I relate to the world as well as the ideas and people in it.”

— Mars Ikeda ’21

“When I stepped off the 2 train at Grand Army Plaza, I felt like I was coming home. Microcollege classes were engaging and always expanding my mind. Subjects that I would not have directly thought that I was interested in, such as Statistics, were given new relevance when their social and political uses were opened up for us students.”

— Michael Brown ’20

“I think so many more people than we know feel like they’re left out of traditional college experience.”

— Delano Burrowes ’21

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