The Bard Microcolleges in NYC are full-tuition-scholarship AA programs in Brooklyn and Harlem. All you need to apply is a HS diploma or its equivalent.

Admissions for fall 2026 is open now! Sign up for a Writing Session at microcollege.bard.edu.

Join us in making a gift that champions rigorous, in-person, and degree-granting college opportunities for incarcerated students in NY and beyond.

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Featured in the "Finding Beauty" series, Robert writes about the loss experienced when trees — young & old, small & large — are felled in a prison yard. The work reminds us of the meaning each of us can make, & the harm any of us can do, as we choose to honor or ignore what is precious around us.

Join us for the official launch of the GFS Manifesto— the first-ever collective document authored by formerly incarcerated university students and graduates worldwide that outlines key issues that must address to advance the "Education Not Incarceration" movement.

At BPI, that means proudly championing educational access and equity for students, wherever they may be — in prison and beyond — and continuing to fight for dignified, in-person college education as ambitious as the students we serve.

attended the Morehouse (Inside) Art (Outside) event as part of an ongoing partnership with the BPI Consortium for the Liberal Arts In Prison.

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The wildcat strike quickly spread across the system, entirely shutting down one prison after another statewide. College and every activity in the prisons is completely on pause.

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There's still time to contact the Illinois Senate to ask them to bring HB3740 to a vote. Visit bpi.bard.edu/beyond/advoc... and take actiok now!