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{{Short description|Private liberal arts college in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, U.S.}} {{about|the college in New York state|the affiliated "early college" in Massachusetts|Bard College at Simon's Rock}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2018}} {{Infobox university | name = Bard College | image_name = Bard College Seal.svg | image_upright = .55 | former_name = St. Stephen's College (1860–1934) | motto = {{Lang|la|Dabo tibi coronam vitae}} ([[Latin]]) | mottoeng = I shall give thee the crown of life ([[Book of Revelation|Revelation]] {{bibleref2-nb|Rev|2:10|KJV;VULGATE}}) | established = {{start date and age|1860|3}} | type = [[Private college|Private]] [[Liberal arts colleges in the United States|liberal arts college]] | religious_affiliation = [[Episcopal Church (United States)|Episcopal Church]] | academic_affiliation = [[Annapolis Group]] | endowment = $412.4 million<ref name="About">{{cite web|title=About|date=May 9, 2013 |publisher=Bard.edu|url=https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/display_audit/1773620221}}</ref> | faculty = 231 FT/ 142 PT | president = [[Leon Botstein]] | provost = Deirdre d’Albertis | students = 2,922 (2023) | undergrad = 2,453 (2023) | postgrad = 469 (2023) | city = [[Annandale-on-Hudson, New York|Annandale-on-Hudson]] | state = [[New York (state)|New York]] | country = United States | coor = {{coord|42|01|13|N|73|54|36|W|type:edu_region:US-NY|display=inline,title}} | campus = [[Rural]], {{convert|1260|acre}} | free_label = | free = | colors = Red and white<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bard.edu/campus/services/popup.php?listing_id=856982/ |title=Student Services |access-date=August 9, 2014 |publisher=Bard.edu |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810131146/http://www.bard.edu/campus/services/popup.php?listing_id=856982%2F |archive-date=August 10, 2014 }}</ref> <br />{{color box|#BE0F34}} {{color box|white}} | sports_nickname = Raptors<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bard.edu/athletics/ |title=Bard Athletics and Recreation |publisher=Bard.edu |access-date=July 8, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101226050932/http://www.bard.edu/athletics/ |archive-date=December 26, 2010 |url-status=live }}</ref> | sporting_affiliations = [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]] [[Division III (NCAA)|Division III]]<br />[[Liberty League]] | footnotes = | website = {{URL|https://www.bard.edu/|bard.edu}} | logo = Bard College Logo.png | logo_size = 150 }} '''Bard College''' is a [[private college|private]] [[Liberal arts colleges in the United States|liberal arts college]] in [[Annandale-on-Hudson, New York]]. The campus overlooks the [[Hudson River]] and [[Catskill Mountains]] within the [[Hudson River Historic District]] and is a [[National Historic Landmark]]. Founded in 1860, the institution consists of a liberal arts college and a [[Bard College Conservatory of Music|conservatory]]. The college offers undergraduate and graduate programs.<ref>{{cite web |title=Endowment |url=https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/display_audit/1773620221 |access-date=August 9, 2014 |website=Bard College |date=May 9, 2013 }}</ref> The college has a network of over 35 affiliated programs, institutes, and centers, spanning twelve cities, five U.S. states, seven countries, and four continents.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bard.edu/institutes/ |title=Institutes |publisher=Bard College |access-date=July 10, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120629125438/http://www.bard.edu/institutes/ |archive-date=June 29, 2012 }}</ref> == History == === Origins and early years === [[Image:John Bard, 1893 crop.jpg|thumb|left|150px|[[John Bard (philanthropist)|John Bard]], founder of St. Stephen's College]] During much of the nineteenth century, the land since owned by Bard was mainly composed of several [[estate (land)|country estates]]. These estates were called Blithewood, Bartlett, Sands and Ward Manor/Almont.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Annandale-on-Hudson’s Historic Estates and their Landscapes - HRVI |url=https://www.hudsonrivervalley.org/annandale |access-date=2024-12-12 |website=www.hudsonrivervalley.org}}</ref> [[File:1867 Map of Red Hook.png|thumb|left|A map {{Circa|1867}} showing the various estates in the Town of [[Red Hook, New York|Red Hook]]]] In 1853, [[John Bard (philanthropist)|John Bard]] and Margaret Bard purchased a part of the Blithewood estate and renamed it Annandale. John Bard was the grandson of [[Samuel Bard (physician)|Samuel Bard]], a prominent doctor, a founder of [[Columbia University]]'s [[Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons|medical school]], and [[physician]] to [[George Washington]].<ref>{{cite journal |last=Hirsch |first=Felix |date=October 1941 |title=The Bard Family |journal=Columbia University Quarterly |location=Bard College Archives, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY }}</ref> John Bard was also the nephew of John McVickar, a professor at [[Columbia University]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hopson |first=George Bailey |url=https://archive.org/details/cu31924030628402/page/n79/mode/2up?view=theater&q=columbia |title=Reminiscences of St. Stephen's College, Annandale, New York |date=1910 |publisher=New York : E.S. Gorham |others=Cornell University Library}}</ref> The family had strong connections with the [[Episcopal Church (United States)|Episcopal Church]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hopson |first=George Bailey |url=https://archive.org/details/cu31924030628402/page/n19/mode/2up |title=Reminiscences of St. Stephen's College, Annandale, New York |date=1910 |publisher=New York : E.S. Gorham |others=Cornell University Library}}</ref> The following year, in 1854, John and Margaret established a [[parochial school|parish school]] on their estate in order to educate the area's children. A wood-frame [[cottage]], known today as Bard Hall, served as a school on weekdays and a [[chapel]] on weekends. In 1857, the Bards expanded the [[parish]] by building the Chapel of the Holy Innocents next to Bard Hall.<ref>{{cite book |title=Education for the Common Good: A History of Bard College The First 100 Years, 1860-1960 |last=Kline |first=Reamer |year=1982 |publisher=Bard College |location=Annandale-on-Hudson, NY |page=15 |url=http://www.bard.edu/archives/links.htm |access-date=July 12, 2012 |archive-date=June 1, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130601141058/http://www.bard.edu/archives/links.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> During this time, John Bard remained in close contact with the New York leaders of the Episcopal Church. The church suggested that he found a [[seminary|theological college]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Reminiscences of St. Stephen's College |last=Hopson |first=George |year=1910 |publisher=Edwin S. Gorham |location=New York, NY |pages=[https://archive.org/details/reminiscencesofs00hops/page/16 16]–17 |url=https://archive.org/details/reminiscencesofs00hops}}</ref> With the promise of outside financial support, John Bard donated the unfinished chapel, and the surrounding {{convert|18|acre}}, to the diocese in November 1858. In March 1860, "St. Stephen's College" was founded. In 1861, construction began on the first St. Stephen's College building, a stone [[collegiate Gothic]] [[dormitory]] called Aspinwall, after early [[trustee]] John Lloyd Aspinwall, brother of [[William Henry Aspinwall]]. During its initial years, the college relied on wealthy benefactors, like trustee [[Cornelius Vanderbilt]], for funding.<ref>{{cite book |title=The History of St. Stephen's College 1860-1933 |last=Magee |first=Christopher |year=1950 |publisher=Bard College Senior Project |location=Annandale-on-Hudson, NY |page=38}}</ref> The college began taking shape within four decades. In 1866, Ludlow Hall, an administrative building, was erected. Preston Hall was built in 1873 and used as a refectory. A set of four dormitories, collectively known as Stone Row, were completed in 1891. And in 1895, the [[Greek Revival architecture|Greek Revival]] Hoffman Memorial Library was built.<ref>{{Cite report |author=John Milner Associates Inc. |date=December 2008 |title=Bard College Master Preservation Plan |page=27 }}</ref> The school officially changed its name to Bard College in 1934 in honor of its founder.<ref>{{Cite web |last=College |first=Bard |title=Bard College History |url=https://www.bard.edu/about/history/ |access-date=2024-12-12 |website=www.bard.edu |language=en}}</ref> === Growth and secularization === In the 20th century, social and cultural changes amongst New York's [[high society (group)|high society]] would bring about the demise of the great estates. In 1914, Louis Hamersley purchased the fire-damaged Ward Manor/Almont estate and erected a [[Tudor style architecture|Tudor style]] mansion and gatehouse, or what is today known as Ward Manor.<ref name="Kline 1982">{{cite book |title=Education for the Common Good: A History of Bard College The First 100 Years, 1860-1960 |last=Kline |first=Reamer |year=1982 |publisher=Bard College |location=Annandale-on-Hudson, NY |url=http://www.bard.edu/archives/links.htm |access-date=July 12, 2012 |archive-date=June 1, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130601141058/http://www.bard.edu/archives/links.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> Hamersley expanded his estate in 1926 by acquiring the abandoned Cruger's Island estate. That same year, after Hamersley's combined estate was purchased by William Ward, it was donated to charity and served as a retirement home for almost four decades.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ward Manor {{!}} New York Heritage |url=https://nyheritage.org/collections/ward-manor |access-date=2024-12-12 |website=nyheritage.org}}</ref> By the mid-1900s, Bard's campus significantly expanded. The Blithewood estate was donated to the college in 1951, and in 1963, Bard purchased {{convert|90|acre}} of the Ward Manor estate, including the main manor house. The rest of the Ward Manor estate became the {{convert|900|acre|adj=on}} [[Tivoli Bays Wildlife Management Area and Research Reserve|Tivoli Bays nature preserve]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bard.edu/archives/links.htm |title=Bard College Archives |publisher=Bard College |access-date=July 11, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130601141058/http://www.bard.edu/archives/links.htm |archive-date=June 1, 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite report |author=John Milner Associates Inc. |date=December 2008 |title=Bard College Master Preservation Plan |page=34 }}</ref> In 1919, [[Bernard Iddings Bell]] became Bard's youngest president at the age of 34. His adherence to classical education, decorum, and dress eventually clashed with the school's push towards [[Deweyism]] and secularization, and he resigned in 1933.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Confessions of a Bohemian Tory|last=Kirk|first=Russell|publisher=Fleet Publishing Corporation|year=1963|pages=162}}</ref> In 1928, Bard merged with [[Columbia University]], serving as an undergraduate school similar to [[Barnard College]]. Under the agreement, Bard remained affiliated with the Episcopal Church and retained control of its finances. The merger raised Bard's prestige; however, it failed to provide financial support to the college during the [[Great Depression]].<ref name="history">{{cite web|url=http://www.bard.edu/about/history/ |title=About Bard | History of Bard |publisher=Bard.edu |date=May 21, 2011 |access-date=July 8, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110614212715/http://www.bard.edu/about/history/ |archive-date=June 14, 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref> So dire was Bard's financial situation that in 1932, then-Governor of New York and College trustee [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] sent a telegram to the likes of [[John D. Rockefeller Jr.]], [[George Eastman]] and [[Frederick William Vanderbilt]] requesting donations for the college.<ref>{{cite book |title=Education for the Common Good: A History of Bard College The First 100 Years, 1860-1960 |last=Kline |first=Reamer |year=1982 |publisher=Bard College |location=Annandale-on-Hudson, NY |page=99 |url=http://www.bard.edu/archives/voices/Kline-Education/Chap6.pdf |access-date=July 12, 2012 |archive-date=September 23, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923182412/http://www.bard.edu/archives/voices/Kline-Education/Chap6.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> On May 26, 1933, [[Donald Tewksbury]], a Columbia professor, was appointed dean of the college. Although dean for only four years, Tewksbury had a lasting impact on the school. Tewksbury, an educational philosopher, had extensive ideas regarding higher education. While he was dean, Tewksbury steered the college into a more secular direction and changed its name from St. Stephen's to Bard. He also placed a heavy academic emphasis on the arts, something atypical of colleges at the time, and set the foundations for Bard's Moderation and Senior Project requirement.<ref name="history"/><ref>{{cite book |title=Education for the Common Good: A History of Bard College The First 100 Years, 1860-1960 |last=Kline |first=Reamer |year=1982 |publisher=Bard College |location=Annandale-on-Hudson, NY |page=104 |url=http://www.bard.edu/archives/voices/Kline-Education/Chap6.pdf |access-date=July 12, 2012 |archive-date=September 23, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923182412/http://www.bard.edu/archives/voices/Kline-Education/Chap6.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> While Tewksbury never characterized Bard's curriculum as "[[progressive education|progressive]]," the school would later be considered an early adopter of progressive education. In his 1943 study of early progressive colleges, titled ''General Education in the Progressive College'', [[Louis T. Benezet]] used Bard as one of his three [[case study|case studies]].<ref name="history"/><ref>{{cite book |title=Education for the Common Good: A History of Bard College The First 100 Years, 1860-1960 |last=Kline |first=Reamer |year=1982 |publisher=Bard College |location=Annandale-on-Hudson, NY |page=106 |url=http://www.bard.edu/archives/voices/Kline-Education/Chap6.pdf |access-date=July 12, 2012 |archive-date=September 23, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923182412/http://www.bard.edu/archives/voices/Kline-Education/Chap6.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> During the 1940s, Bard provided a haven for intellectual refugees fleeing Europe. These included [[Hannah Arendt]], the political theorist, [[Stefan Hirsch]], the [[Precisionism|precisionist]] painter; [[Felix Hirsch]], the political editor of the ''[[Berliner Tageblatt]]''; the violinist Emil Hauser; the linguist [[Hans Marchand]]; the noted psychologist Werner Wolff; and the philosopher [[Heinrich Blücher]].<ref name="history"/> Arendt is buried at Bard, alongside her husband Heinrich Blücher, as is eminent novelist [[Philip Roth]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://hac.bard.edu/news/post/?item=19726|title=Hannah Arendt Center News|website=hac.bard.edu|access-date=2018-12-29|archive-date=December 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181230030337/http://hac.bard.edu/news/post/?item=19726|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1944, as a result of [[World War II]], enrollment significantly dropped putting financial stress on the college. In order to increase enrollment, the college became co-educational, thereby severing all ties with Columbia. The college became an independent, secular, institution in 1944. Enrollment more than doubled, from 137 students in 1944, to 293 in 1947.<ref>{{cite book |title=Education for the Common Good: A History of Bard College The First 100 Years, 1860-1960 |last=Kline |first=Reamer |year=1982 |publisher=Bard College |location=Annandale-on-Hudson, NY |page=120 |url=http://www.bard.edu/archives/voices/Kline-Education/Chap7.pdf |access-date=July 12, 2012 |archive-date=September 23, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923182418/http://www.bard.edu/archives/voices/Kline-Education/Chap7.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> === Late twentieth and early twenty-first century === [[Donald Fagen]] and [[Walter Becker]]'s experiences at Bard prompted them to write the 1973 song "[[My Old School (song)|My Old School]]" for their rock group, [[Steely Dan]].<ref name="Steely Dan">{{cite web |title=The origins of Steely Dan |url=https://ew.com/article/2006/03/17/origins-steely-dan/ |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |last=Brunner |first=Rob |date=March 17, 2006 |access-date=December 12, 2019 |archive-date=December 8, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141208091758/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1174152_5,00.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The song was motivated by the 1969 drug bust at Bard in which the college administration colluded.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://steelydanreader.com/2006/03/17/back-annandale/ | title=Back to Annandale | date=March 17, 2006 | access-date=March 27, 2023 | archive-date=March 27, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230327172401/http://steelydanreader.com/2006/03/17/back-annandale/ | url-status=live }}</ref> The DA involved was [[G. Gordon Liddy]] of [[Watergate scandal|Watergate]] notoriety.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/20556652/g-gordon-liddy-yes-the-watergate/ | title=G. Gordon Liddy (Yes, the Watergate guy), Bard College, & Steely Dan | newspaper=Poughkeepsie Journal | date=April 6, 1968 | page=1 | access-date=March 27, 2023 | archive-date=March 27, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230327172359/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/20556652/g-gordon-liddy-yes-the-watergate/ | url-status=live }}</ref> Fagen wrote another Steely Dan song, "[[Rikki Don't Lose That Number]]", about novelist, artist and former Bard faculty spouse [[Rikki Ducornet]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/profiles/article/70442-the-burden-of-strangeness-rikki-ducornet.html|title=The Burden of Strangeness: Rikki Ducornet|publisher=PWxyz, LLC|last=McCormack|first=J.W.|date=May 20, 2016|access-date=December 12, 2019|archive-date=December 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191212200557/https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/profiles/article/70442-the-burden-of-strangeness-rikki-ducornet.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2020, Bard College and [[Central European University]] became the founding members of the Open Society University Network, a collaborative global education initiative endowed with US$1 billion. As part of this new initiative, the college received a US$100 million gift from the [[Open Society Foundations]] which ranks among the largest financial contributions to a U.S. institution in recent history.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2020/07/02/open-society-foundations-gives-bard-100-million|title=Open Society Foundations Gives Bard $100 Million | Inside Higher Ed|work=[[Inside Higher Ed]]|date=July 2, 2020 |access-date=July 2, 2020|archive-date=July 31, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220731130318/https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2020/07/02/open-society-foundations-gives-bard-100-million|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.chronicle.com/article/Major-Private-Gifts-to-Higher/128264|title=Major Private Gifts to Higher Education - the Chronicle of Higher Education|access-date=July 2, 2020|archive-date=July 5, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200705170916/https://www.chronicle.com/article/Major-Private-Gifts-to-Higher/128264|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2021, philanthropist [[George Soros]] made a $500 million endowment pledge to Bard College. It is one of the largest pledges of money ever made to higher education in the United States.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Relations |first=Bard Public |title=Bard College Receives $500 Million Endowment Pledge from Investor and Philanthropist George Soros |url=https://www.bard.edu/news/details/?id=17623&prefurl=bard-college-receives-500-million-endowment-pledge-from-investor-and-philanthropist-george-soros-2021-04-01 |access-date=2023-05-31 |website=www.bard.edu |language=en}}</ref> In June 2021, Bard College was declared an "[[Russian undesirable organizations law|undesirable organization]]" in Russia, becoming the first international higher education organization to be branded with this designation.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Redden |first1=Elizabeth |title=Bard College Declared 'Undesirable' in Russia |url=https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2021/07/09/bard-grapples-what-it-might-mean-be-declared-%E2%80%98undesirable%E2%80%99-russia |access-date=5 August 2021 |work=[[Inside Higher Ed]] |date=July 9, 2021 |language=en |archive-date=August 5, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210805014150/https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2021/07/09/bard-grapples-what-it-might-mean-be-declared-%E2%80%98undesirable%E2%80%99-russia |url-status=live }}</ref> Bard president Botstein hypothesized that this tag was due their association with and funding from the [[Open Society Foundations]] which was also classified as undesirable in Russia and [[George Soros conspiracy theories|related conspiracy theories about George Soros]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Fischer |first1=Karin |title=Bard President Is 'Heartbroken' About Russian Blacklisting |url=https://www.chronicle.com/article/bard-president-is-heartbroken-about-russian-blacklisting |access-date=5 August 2021 |work=[[Chronicle of Higher Education]] |date=June 22, 2021 |archive-date=August 5, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210805014141/https://www.chronicle.com/article/bard-president-is-heartbroken-about-russian-blacklisting |url-status=live }}</ref> === College leaders === At various times, the leaders of the college have been titled president, warden or dean.<ref>{{Cite web |last=College |first=Bard |title=Bard College History at Bard College |url=https://www.bard.edu/about/history/ |access-date=2023-09-04 |website=www.bard.edu |language=en}}</ref> They are listed below: # [[George Franklin Seymour]] (1860–1861) # [[Thomas Richey]] (1861–1863) # Robert Brinckerhoff Fairbairn (1863–1898) # Lawrence T. Cole (1899–1903) # Thomas R. Harris (1904–1907) # William Cunningham Rodgers (1909–1919) # [[Bernard Iddings Bell]] (1919–1933) # Donald George Tewksbury (1933–1937) # Harold Mestre (1938–1939) # Charles Harold Gray (1940–1946) # Edward C. Fuller (1946–1950) # [[James Herbert Case Jr.]] (1950–1960) # Reamer Kline (1960–1974) # [[Leon Botstein]] (1975–present) == Campus == The campus of Bard College is in [[Annandale-on-Hudson, New York|Annandale-on-Hudson]], a [[Hamlet (place)|hamlet]] in [[Dutchess County, New York]], United States, in the town of [[Red Hook, New York|Red Hook]]. It contains more than 70 buildings with a total gross building space of {{cvt|1,167,090|sqft}} and was listed as a census-designated place in 2020.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://rs.acupcc.org/ghg/2544/ |title=GHG Report for Bard College |publisher=American College & University Presidents' Climate Commitment |access-date=April 24, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130127042323/http://rs.acupcc.org/ghg/2544/ |archive-date=January 27, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/tigerwebmain/Files/bas20/tigerweb_bas20_cdp_ny.html |title=State of New York Census Designated Places - Current/BAS20 - Data as of January 1, 2019 |date=January 1, 2019 |publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]] |access-date=February 8, 2020 |archive-date=February 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200224190827/https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/tigerwebmain/Files/bas20/tigerweb_bas20_cdp_ny.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Campus buildings represent varied [[architectural style]]s, but the campus remains heavily influenced by the [[Collegiate Gothic in North America|Collegiate Gothic]] and [[postmodern architecture|Postmodern]] styles. Bard's historic buildings are associated with the early development of the college and the history of the Hudson River estates ([[#History|see Bard College History]]).<ref name="Kline 1982"/> During a late twentieth-century building boom, the college embraced a trend of building signature buildings designed by prominent architects like [[Robert Venturi|Venturi]], [[Frank Gehry|Gehry]], and [[Rafael Viñoly|Viñoly]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bard.edu/campus/facilities/ |title=Facilities |publisher=Bard College |access-date=April 24, 2013 |archive-date=April 8, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150408100140/http://www.bard.edu/campus/facilities/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In January 2016, Bard purchased [[Montgomery Place]], a {{convert|380|acre|adj=on}} estate adjacent to the Bard campus, with significant historic and cultural assets. The estate consists of a historic mansion, a farm, and some 20 smaller buildings. The college purchased the property from Historic Hudson Valley, the historical preservation organization that had owned Montgomery Place since the late 1980s. The addition of this property brings Bard's total campus size to nearly {{cvt|1,000|acre}} along the Hudson River in [[Annandale-on-Hudson]], New York.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bard College completes $18M purchase of Montgomery Place|first=William J.|last=Kemble|date=January 13, 2016|url=http://www.dailyfreeman.com/article/DF/20160113/NEWS/160119874|website=dailyfreeman.com|publisher=Daily Freeman|access-date=February 29, 2016|archive-date=March 12, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312092519/http://www.dailyfreeman.com/article/DF/20160113/NEWS/160119874|url-status=live}}</ref> In late 2023, Bard purchased 260 acres of land adjacent to the [[Montgomery Place]] campus in [[Barrytown, New York|Barrytown]], which used to be the campus of the [[Unification Theological Seminary]]. The property, originally owned by the [[Livingston family|Livingston]] and later [[Howland & Aspinwall|Aspinwall]] families, features a mansion designed by [[William Appleton Potter]]. It was acquired by the [[De La Salle Brothers]] in 1928, who completed a large [[seminary]] and [[Normal school|normal institute]] there in 1931. In turn, the property was sold in 1974 to the [[Unification Church]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=A Short History of Unification Theological Seminary: The Barrytown Years, 1975-2019 |url=https://www.journals.uts.edu/volume-xx-2019/311-a-short-history-of-unification-theological-seminary-the-barrytown-years-1975-2019 |access-date=2024-09-08 |website=www.journals.uts.edu}}</ref> Bard intended to use the space to provide new studios for the Center for Human Rights and the Arts and administrative offices for the [[Open Society Foundations|Open Society University Network (OSUN)]], of which Bard is a founding member. However, [[Bard College at Simon's Rock]] announced that it would be moving into the property in fall 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Message from the Provost and Vice President of Simon’s Rock |url=https://simons-rock.edu/announcement/index.php |access-date=2025-03-10 |website=simons-rock.edu |language=en}}</ref> The purchase of the property brings Bard's total acreage to 1260 acres (510 ha).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Larson |first=Jamie |date=2023-09-14 |title=Bard College Announces $14 Million Purchase of Former Unification Church Compound After Months of Rumors |url=https://www.hvpilot.com/news/bard-college-announces-14-million-purchase-of-former-unification-church-compound-after-months-of-rumors/article_82ead248-5339-11ee-8e94-6b7b12253c35.html |access-date=2024-01-26 |website=The Hudson Valley Pilot |language=en}}</ref> The area around the campus first appeared as a [[census-designated place]] (CDP) in the 2020 Census,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/DC20BLK/st36_ny/place/p3604388_bard_college/DC20BLK_P3604388.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Bard College CDP, NY|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=2023-12-17}}</ref> with a population of 358.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bard College CDP, New York |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US3604388 |accessdate=March 13, 2022 |website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> The college has an amount of housing for faculty members.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tools.bard.edu/wwwmedia/files/99971504/6/FAC%20HANDBOOK%2019-20%20E%20COPY.pdf|title=The Faculty Handbook 2019-2020|publisher=Bard College|date=July 2019|page=79 (PDF p. 83/150)|access-date=2023-12-17}}</ref><!--Said housing, then, can have minor dependents who go to Red Hook schools--> School-age dependents in this faculty housing are in the [[Red Hook Central School District]] (the CDP is within this school district).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st36_ny/schooldistrict_maps/c36027_dutchess/DC20SD_C36027.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Dutchess County, NY|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|page=1 (PDF p. 2/7)|access-date=2023-12-17|quote=Bard College[...]UNI 24240*}}</ref> <gallery mode="packed"> File:Stone Row Dorm.jpg|Stone Row, a dormitory built in 1891 File:Bard College - IMG 7991.JPG|The Chapel of the Holy Innocents, built in 1857, serves several denominations on campus. File:Reem-Kayden Center for Science and Computation Bard College.jpg|Reem-Kayden Center for Science and Computation File:Tewksbury Hall Dorm.jpg|Tewksbury Hall, a dormitory File:The Ravines.jpg|The Ravines, dormitories File:Alumni Houses.jpg|Alumni Houses, dormitories File:Resnick Village Dorms Bard College.jpg|[[Stewart Resnick|Stewart]] and [[Lynda Resnick]] Commons, a residential village with dormitories File:Cruger Dorm Bard College.jpg|Cruger Hall, a dormitory File:Bard College - IMG 8005.JPG|[[Hessel Museum of Art|Hessel Museum]], museum of contemporary art File:Blithewood Garden on Bard College campus.jpg|Blithewood Garden, Italianate walled garden File:Ward Manor Dorm.jpg|Ward Manor, built in 1918 and now used as a dormitory File:Fisher Center at Bard.jpg|[[Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts|Fisher Center at Bard]], performance hall designed by [[Frank Gehry]] File:Montgomery Place 2008.jpg|[[Montgomery Place]], a historic mansion purchased by the college in 2016 File:North front of Blithewood.jpg|Blithewood Manor, a historic estate housing the [[Levy Economics Institute]] dating to 1899 </gallery> == Academics == === Rankings and awards === {{Infobox US university ranking | Forbes = 230 | THE_WSJ = 264 | USNWR_LA = 71 | Wamo_LA = 50 }} In its 2025 edition of college rankings, ''[[U.S. News & World Report]]'' ranked Bard 71st overall, 5th in "Most Innovative Schools", tied at 33rd for "Best Undergraduate Teaching", tied at #38 in "Top Performers on Social Mobility", tied at #19 in "First-Year Experiences", and 19th for "Best Value" out of 211 "National Liberal Arts Colleges" in the United States.<ref>{{cite web |year=2023 |title=Bard College Rankings |url=https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/bard-college-2671/overall-rankings |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210202181646/https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/bard-college-2671/overall-rankings |archive-date=February 2, 2021 |access-date=March 11, 2025 |magazine=[[U.S. News & World Report]]}}</ref> In 2024, ''[[Washington Monthly]]'' ranked Bard 50th among 194 liberal arts colleges in the U.S. based on its contribution to the public good, as measured by social mobility, research, and promoting public service. <ref>{{Cite web |title=2024 Liberal Arts Colleges Ranking |url=https://washingtonmonthly.com/2024-college-guide/liberal-arts/ |access-date=2025-03-12 |website=Washington Monthly |language=en-US}}</ref> Bard's Master of Fine Arts program was ranked one of ten most influential Master of Fine Arts programs in the world by ''Artspace Magazine'' in 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |title=10 of the Most Influential MFA Programs in the World |url=http://www.artspace.com/magazine/art_101/top_mfa_programs |access-date=2023-05-31 |website=Artspace |language=english}}</ref> Bard has been named a top producer of U.S. [[Fulbright]] Scholars.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bard.edu/news/details/?id=16579&prefurl=bard-college-named-a-top-producer-of-fulbright-us-students-and-us-scholars-for-2019-20-2020-02-11|title=Bard College Named a Top Producer of Fulbright U.S. Students and U.S. Scholars for 2019–20|first=Bard Public|last=Relations|website=www.bard.edu|access-date=December 5, 2020|archive-date=October 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027121725/https://www.bard.edu/news/details/?id=16579&prefurl=bard-college-named-a-top-producer-of-fulbright-us-students-and-us-scholars-for-2019-20-2020-02-11|url-status=live}}</ref> Many Bard alumni have also been named [[Watson Foundation#Thomas J. Watson Fellowship|Watson Fellows]], [[Critical Language Scholarship Program|Critical Language Scholarship]] recipients, [[Kathryn Wasserman Davis#Projects for Peace: funding grants source|Davis Projects for Peace]] winners, [[Rhodes Scholars]], [[Marshall Scholars]], and [[Peace Corps]] fellows, among other postgraduate awards.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bard.edu/news/releases/pr/fstory.php?id=16675|title=Two Bard College Seniors Win Prestigious Watson Travel Fellowships | Bard College Public Relations|first=Bard Public|last=Relations|website=www.bard.edu|access-date=July 2, 2020|archive-date=July 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200702201916/https://www.bard.edu/news/releases/pr/fstory.php?id=16675|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bard.edu/news/releases/pr/fstory.php?id=3000|title=Two Bard College Students Win Critical Language Scholarships for Foreign Language Study Abroad | Bard College Public Relations|first=Bard Public|last=Relations|website=www.bard.edu|access-date=July 2, 2020|archive-date=July 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200703034440/https://www.bard.edu/news/releases/pr/fstory.php?id=3000|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bard.edu/news/details/?id=16685&prefurl=-bard-college-student-wins-davis-projects-for-peace-prize-2020-03-31|title=Bard College Student Wins Davis Projects For Peace Prize|first=Bard Public|last=Relations|website=www.bard.edu|access-date=December 5, 2020|archive-date=February 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210202164331/https://www.bard.edu/news/details/?id=16685&prefurl=-bard-college-student-wins-davis-projects-for-peace-prize-2020-03-31|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bard.edu/news/releases/pr/fstory.php?id=2203|title=Bard College Alumnus Ronan S. Farrow '04 Awarded Prestigious Rhodes Scholarship | Bard College Public Relations|first=Bard Public|last=Relations|website=www.bard.edu|access-date=July 3, 2020|archive-date=July 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200703233118/https://www.bard.edu/news/releases/pr/fstory.php?id=2203|url-status=live}}</ref> ===Undergraduate programs=== In the undergraduate college, Bard offers [[Bachelor of Arts]] and [[Bachelor of Science]] degrees. There are 23 academic departments that offer over 40 [[academic major|major programs]], as well as 12 interdisciplinary [[minor (academic)|concentrations]]. The college was the first in the nation to offer a [[human rights]] major.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bard.edu/catalogue/index.php?aid=10935&sid=669164|title=Bard College Catalogue|publisher=Bard College|access-date=July 11, 2012|archive-date=September 23, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923182510/http://www.bard.edu/catalogue/index.php?aid=10935&sid=669164|url-status=live}}</ref> Its most popular undergraduate majors, based on 2021 graduates, were:<ref>{{cite web |url=https://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?q=Bard&s=all&id=189088#programs |website=nces.ed.gov |publisher=U.S. Dept of Education |title=Bard College |access-date=February 22, 2023 |archive-date=April 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413121731/https://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?q=Bard&s=all&id=189088#programs |url-status=live }}</ref> *Social Sciences (140) *Fine/Studio Arts (106) *English Language and Literature/Letters (81) *Biological and Physical Sciences (80) In the three weeks preceding their first semester, first-year students attend the Language and Thinking (L&T) program, an intensive, writing-centered introduction to the liberal arts. The interdisciplinary program, established in 1981, aims to "cultivate habits of thoughtful reading and discussion, clear articulation, accurate self-critique, and productive collaboration."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://languageandthinking.bard.edu/about/|title=Language and Thinking|publisher=Bard College|access-date=July 11, 2012|archive-date=April 14, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150414044348/http://languageandthinking.bard.edu/about/|url-status=live}}</ref> The program covers [[philosophy]], [[history]], [[science]], [[poetry]], [[fiction]], and [[religion]]. In 2011, the core readings included works by [[Hannah Arendt]], [[Franz Kafka]], [[Frans de Waal]], [[Stephen Jay Gould]], [[Clifford Geertz]], [[M. NourbeSe Philip]], and [[Sophocles]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://languageandthinking.bard.edu/2011-anthology|title=Language and Thinking Anthology|publisher=Bard College|access-date=July 11, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130123030235/http://languageandthinking.bard.edu/2011-anthology/|archive-date=January 23, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> The capstone of the Bard undergraduate experience is the Senior Project, commonly referred to as SPROJ amongst its students.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bard.edu/academics/curriculum/|title=Undergraduate Curriculum at Bard College|first=Bard|last=College|website=www.bard.edu|access-date=October 18, 2019|archive-date=October 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191002212944/http://www.bard.edu/academics/curriculum/|url-status=live}}</ref>{{failed verification|date=October 2024}} As with moderation, this project takes different forms in different departments. Many students write a paper of around eighty pages, which is then, as with work for moderation, critiqued by a board of three professors. Arts students must organize a series of concerts, recitals, or shows, or produce substantial creative work;<ref>{{Cite web |title=Senior Project Festival 2022 |url=https://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/sproj-festival-2022/ |access-date=2024-12-12 |website=Fisher Center at Bard |language=en-US}}</ref> math and science students, as well as some social science students, undertake research projects.<ref>{{Cite web |last=College |first=Bard |title=Senior Projects |url=https://www.bard.edu/academics/programs/eus/program/seniorproject/ |access-date=2024-12-12 |website=www.bard.edu |language=en}}</ref> ====Undergraduate admissions==== For the academic year 2022-2023, Bard's acceptance rate stands at 46%. Out of the total 6,482 students who applied, 2,982 were admitted to the school.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bard College Acceptance Rate and SAT/ACT Scores |url=https://www.collegetuitioncompare.com/edu/189088/bard-college/admission/ |access-date=2023-07-01 |website=www.collegetuitioncompare.com}}</ref> For the 2022–2023 academic year 447 students enrolled representing a yield rate of 15%. Admission trends note a 25% increase in applications in the 2022–2023 academic year.<ref>{{Cite web |title=How Bard College's Acceptance Rate Changes |url=https://www.collegetuitioncompare.com/trends/bard-college/admission/ |access-date=2023-07-01 |website=College Tuition Compare |language=en}}</ref> Bard does not require applicants to submit SAT or ACT test scores in order to apply.<ref>{{cite web |title=Undergraduate Admission |url=https://www.bard.edu/admission/ |website=bard.edu |publisher=Bard College |access-date=5 January 2023 |archive-date=January 5, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105094630/https://www.bard.edu/admission/ |url-status=live }}</ref> As an alternative, applicants may take an examination composed of 19 essay questions in four categories: Social Studies; Languages and Literature; Arts; and Science, Mathematics, and Computing, with applicants required to complete three 2,500-word essays covering three of the four categories.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Bard Entrance Examination |url=https://www.bard.edu/admission/bardexam/ |website=bard.edu |publisher=Bard College |access-date=5 January 2023 |archive-date=January 5, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105094627/https://www.bard.edu/admission/bardexam/ |url-status=live }}</ref> For admitted students who submitted test scores, 50% had an SAT score between 1296 and 1468 or an ACT score between 28 and 33, with a reported average GPA of 3.79. Admissions officials consider a student's GPA a very important academic factor. Honors, [[Advanced Placement|AP]], and [[International Baccalaureate|IB]] classes are important, an applicant's high school class rank is considered, and letters of recommendation are considered very important for admissions officials at Bard.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bard College Admissions |url=https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/bard-college-2671/applying |website=usnews.com |publisher=[[U.S. News & World Report]] |access-date=5 January 2023 |archive-date=January 5, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105080731/https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/bard-college-2671/applying |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Bard College SAT Scores and GPA |url=https://www.prepscholar.com/sat/s/colleges/Bard-College-SAT-scores-GPA |website=prepscholar.com |publisher=PrepScholar |access-date=5 January 2023 |archive-date=January 5, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105080733/https://www.prepscholar.com/sat/s/colleges/Bard-College-SAT-scores-GPA |url-status=live }}</ref> === Graduate programs === Bard College offers a range of postgraduate degree programs, including the [[Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts|Bard MFA]], [[Bard Graduate Center]], [[Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College|Center for Curatorial Studies]], Center for Human Rights and the Arts, Center for Environmental Policy, Bard MBA in Sustainability, [[Levy Economics Institute]], the Master of Arts in Teaching, and the Master of Arts in Global Studies.<ref>{{Cite web |last=College |first=Bard |title=Graduate Programs at Bard College |url=https://www.bard.edu/graduate/ |access-date=2024-12-12 |website=www.bard.edu |language=en}}</ref> === Bard MFA === [[Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts]] is a nontraditional graduate school for interdisciplinary study in the visual and creative arts. The program takes place over two years and two months, with students residing on campus during three consecutive summers, and two winter sessions of independent study completed off campus.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Program |url=https://www.bard.edu/mfa/program/ |access-date=2023-06-01 |website=www.bard.edu}}</ref> Notable artists and writers that have been affiliated with the Bard MFA as faculty and visiting artists include [[Marina Abramović|Marina Abramovic]], [[Eileen Myles]], [[Paul Chan (artist)|Paul Chan]], [[Robert Kelly (poet)|Robert Kelly]], [[Tony Conrad]], [[Okkyung Lee]], [[Yto Barrada]], [[Carolee Schneemann]], [[Lynne Tillman]], and [[Ben Lerner]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=People |url=https://www.bard.edu/mfa/people/ |access-date=2023-06-01 |website=www.bard.edu}}</ref> ==== Bard Graduate Center ==== [[Bard Graduate Center|The Bard Graduate Center: Decorative Arts, Design History, Material Culture]] is a graduate research institute and gallery located in New York City. Established in 1993, the institute offers a two-year MA program and a PhD program that began in 1998. The institute's facilities include a gallery space at 18 West 86th Street and an academic building with a library at 38 West 86th Street.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bard Graduate Center |url=https://www.bgc.bard.edu/ |access-date=2023-05-31 |website=www.bgc.bard.edu}}</ref> ==== Center for Curatorial Studies ==== [[File:Bard College - IMG 8005.JPG|thumb|CCS Bard and Hessel Museum]] [[Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College|The Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College]] (CCS Bard) established in 1990, is a museum and research center dedicated to the study of contemporary art and exhibition practices from the 1960s to the present. In 1994, CCS Bard launched its (MA) Master of Arts in Curatorial Studies program.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Solomon |first=Tessa |date=2022-09-23 |title=After a $50 M. Gift to Celebrate 30 Years, Bard's Center for Curatorial Studies Looks Toward the Future |url=https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/ccs-bard-future-30-year-anniversary-1234640344/ |access-date=2023-05-31 |website=ARTnews.com |language=en-US}}</ref> The center also hosts public events throughout the year including lectures and panel discussions on topics in contemporary art.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Events |url=https://ccs.bard.edu/events |access-date=2024-12-12 |website=CCS Bard |language=en}}</ref> The museum, spanning an area of 55,000 square feet, offers a variety of exhibitions accessible to the general public throughout the year. It houses two distinct collections, the CCS Bard Collection and the Marieluise Hessel collection, which has been loaned to CCS Bard on a permanent basis. Artists such as [[Keith Haring]], [[Julian Schnabel]], [[Wolfgang Tillmans]], [[Stephen Shore]], and [[Cindy Sherman]], among numerous others, are featured within these collections.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Collections – eMuseum |url=https://bard.emuseum.com/ |access-date=2023-05-31 |website=bard.emuseum.com}}</ref> The CCS Bard Library is a research collection for contemporary art with a focus on post-1960s contemporary art, curatorial practice, exhibition histories, theory, and criticism. in 2023 historian [[Robert Storr (art academic)|Robert Storr]] donated over 25,000 volumes to the Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, nearly doubling the total collection size to 63,000 volumes.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Robert Storr Donates Archive to CCS Bard |url=https://www.artforum.com/news/robert-storr-donates-archive-to-ccs-bard-90355 |access-date=2023-05-31 |website=www.artforum.com |date=March 29, 2023 |language=en-US}}</ref> In 2022 CCS Bard received $50 million from a $25 million donation from the Gochman Family Foundation to form a Center for American and Indigenous Studies at CCS Bard and a matching donation of $25 million from [[George Soros]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nietzel |first=Michael T. |title=Bard College Receives $50 Million For Indigenous Studies |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaeltnietzel/2022/09/29/bard-college-receives-50-million-for-indigenous-studies/ |access-date=2023-05-31 |website=Forbes |language=en}}</ref> This followed two 2021 gifts of $25 million, one from Marieluise Hessel and a matching donation from Soros.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Block |first=Fang |title=Marieluise Hessel Foundation and George Soros Each Donate $25 Million to Bard College |url=https://www.barrons.com/articles/marieluise-hessel-foundation-and-george-soros-each-donate-25-million-to-bard-college-01630102210 |access-date=2023-05-31 |website=www.barrons.com |language=en-US}}</ref> ==== Center for Human Rights & the Arts ==== [[File:Fisher Center at Bard.jpg|thumb|[[Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts|Fisher Center at Bard]]]] The Center for Human Rights & the Arts at Bard College is an interdisciplinary research institution dedicated to exploring the intersection of art and human rights. The center is affiliated with the [[Open Society Foundations|Open Society University Network (OSUN)]]. The center's flagship initiative is the Master of Arts program in Human Rights & the Arts.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-31 |title=Home |url=https://chra.bard.edu/ |access-date=2023-05-31 |website=Center for Human Rights and the Arts |language=en-US}}</ref> The center includes initiatives such as resident research fellowships, research grants, artist commissions, public talks, and accessible publications. ==== Center for Environmental Policy ==== The Center for Environmental Policy (CEP) at Bard College is a research institution offering a range of graduate degree programs focused on environmental policy, climate science, and environmental education. The CEP offers a series of graduate degrees including the Master of Science in Environmental Policy and Master of Education. In addition to these individual degree programs, CEP offers dual-degree options that allow students to combine their environmental studies with programs in law or business.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bard Graduate Programs in Sustainability |url=https://gps.bard.edu/ |access-date=2023-05-31 |website=gps.bard.edu |language=en-us}}</ref> ==== Levy Economics Institute ==== [[File:South front of Blithewood.jpg|thumb|Blithewood Manor houses the Levy Economics Institute]] [[Levy Economics Institute]] is a public policy think tank focused on generating public policy responses to economic problems. Through research, analysis, and informed debate, the institute aims to enable scholars and leaders from business, labor, and government to collaborate on common interest issues.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web |title=Levy Economics Institute of Bard College |url=https://www.levyinstitute.org/ |access-date=2023-06-01 |website=www.levyinstitute.org}}</ref> The institute's findings are disseminated globally through various channels, including publications, conferences, seminars, congressional testimony, and partnerships with other nonprofits. Its research encompasses a wide range of topics, including stock-flow consistent macro modeling, [[fiscal policy]], [[monetary policy]] and [[Corporate finance|financial structure]], [[Financial Instability Hypothesis|financial instability]], [[Distribution of wealth|income and wealth distribution]], [[Financial regulation|financial regulation and governance]], gender equality and time poverty, and immigration/ethnicity and social structure.<ref name="auto"/> The Levy Economics Institute is particularly known for its research in [[heterodox economics]], with a focus on [[Post-Keynesian economics|Post-Keynesian]] and [[Marxian economics|Marxian]] economics. It is additionally recognized as the leading research center for the study of [[Modern Monetary Theory]] (MMT). Notable individuals that have been affiliated with the Levy Economics Institute as professors, directors, and economists include [[Joseph Stiglitz]], [[Hyman Minsky]], [[William Julius Wilson]], [[L. Randall Wray]], [[Jan Kregel]], [[Bruce Greenwald|Bruce C. Greenwald]], [[Dimitri B. Papadimitriou]], [[Lakshman Achuthan]], [[Warren Mosler]], [[Stephanie Kelton]], [[Bill Mitchell (economist)|Bill Mitchell]], and [[Pavlina R. Tcherneva]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Levy Economics Institute {{!}} About Us |url=https://www.levyinstitute.org/about/ |access-date=2023-06-01 |website=www.levyinstitute.org}}</ref> == Endowment == Bard has access to multiple, distinct endowments. Bard, along with [[Central European University]], is a founding member of the [[Open Society Foundations#Activities|Open Society University Network]], endowed with $1 billion from philanthropist [[George Soros]], which is a network of universities to operate throughout the world to better prepare students for current and future global challenges through integrated teaching and research.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Communications |title=George Soros Launches Global Network to Transform Higher Education |url=https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/newsroom/george-soros-launches-global-network-to-transform-higher-education |access-date=5 January 2023 |work=[[Open Society Foundations]] |date=January 23, 2020 |archive-date=November 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116183954/https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/newsroom/george-soros-launches-global-network-to-transform-higher-education |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bard.edu/news/details/?id=16538&prefurl=bard-college-and-partners-establish-global-network-to-transform-higher-education-2020-01-28|title=Bard College and Partners Establish Global Network to Transform Higher Education|first=Bard Public|last=Relations|website=www.bard.edu|access-date=December 5, 2020|archive-date=October 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027131035/https://www.bard.edu/news/details/?id=16538&prefurl=bard-college-and-partners-establish-global-network-to-transform-higher-education-2020-01-28|url-status=live}}</ref> Bard maintains its own endowment of approximately $412 million. In July 2020, Bard received a gift of $100 million from the [[Open Society Foundations]], which will dispense $10 million yearly over a period of ten years.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://osun.bard.edu/newsroom/osf-100-million-bard-college-strengthening-global-network|title=Open Society Foundations Invest $100 Million in Bard College: Strengthening the Global Network|access-date=July 2, 2020|archive-date=July 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200704163815/https://osun.bard.edu/newsroom/osf-100-million-bard-college-strengthening-global-network|url-status=live}}</ref> In April 2021, Bard received a $500 million endowment challenge grant from George Soros. Once matched, on a five-year timeline, Bard will have an endowment of more than $1 billion.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Adams |first1=Susan |title=George Soros Is Giving $500 Million To Bard College |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/susanadams/2021/04/01/george-soros-is-giving-500-million-to-bard-college/?sh=5fa884d42ba7 |access-date=5 May 2021 |work=Forbes |date=April 1, 2021}}</ref> == Programs, centers, and associated institutes == Bard has developed several graduate programs and research institutes, including the [[Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts]], the [[Levy Economics Institute]] which began offering a Masters of Science in Economic Theory and Policy in 2014, the [[Center for Curatorial Studies and Art in Contemporary Culture]], the Bard Center for Environmental Policy, the [[Bard College Conservatory of Music]], the ICP-Bard Program in Advanced Photographic Studies in Manhattan,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.icp.org/school/icp-bard-mfa|title=ICP-Bard MFA|date=May 16, 2016|access-date=July 26, 2018|archive-date=March 27, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150327152932/http://www.icp.org/school/icp-bard-mfa|url-status=live}}</ref> the Master of Arts in Teaching Program (MAT), the [[Bard College Clemente Program]], and the [[Bard Graduate Center]] in [[Manhattan]]. [[File:FisherCenterInterior.png|thumb|right|Interior view of the Gehry-designed Fisher Center]] In 1990, Bard College acquired, on permanent loan, art collector Marieluise Hessel's substantial collection of important contemporary artwork. In 2006, Hessel contributed another $8 million (USD) for the construction of a 17,000-square-foot addition to Bard's Center for Curatorial Studies building, in which the collection is exhibited.<ref>{{cite news|last=Bloomberg|title=Marieluise Hessel Builds a Museum at Bard for Her Collection|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aKKtVLVfnN3M&refer=muse|publisher=Bloomberg.com|access-date=November 20, 2013|date=November 10, 2006|archive-date=February 2, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202174953/http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aKKtVLVfnN3M&refer=muse|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[Bard Prison Initiative]] (BPI) provides a liberal arts degree to incarcerated individuals ([[prison education]]) in five prisons in New York State, and enrolls nearly 200 students.<ref name="prison">{{cite web|url=http://www.bard.edu/bpi/ |title=Bard Prison Initiative |publisher=Bard.edu |access-date=July 8, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110809033620/http://www.bard.edu/bpi |archive-date=August 9, 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref> Since federal funding for prison education programs was eliminated in 1994,<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/maximum-security-education/ | work=CBS News | title=Maximum Security Education | date=April 15, 2007 | access-date=April 19, 2007 | archive-date=December 15, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121215063041/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/04/15/60minutes/main2685164.shtml | url-status=live }}</ref> BPI is one of only a small number of programs of its kind in the country.<ref name="prison"/> Bard awards the Bard Fiction Prize annually to "a promising emerging writer who is an American citizen aged 39 years or younger at the time of application". The prize is $30,000 and an appointment as writer-in-residence at the college.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bard.edu/bfp/|title=Bard College - Bard Fiction Prize|website=www.bard.edu|access-date=January 8, 2019|archive-date=January 21, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190121042827/http://www.bard.edu/bfp/|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[Hannah Arendt]] Center for Politics and Humanities is located at Bard College. The center hosts an annual public conference, offers courses, runs various related academic programs, and houses research fellows.<ref>[http://hac.bard.edu Hannah Arendt Center] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180814232947/http://hac.bard.edu/ |date=August 14, 2018 }}, January 5, 2018</ref> In February 2009, Bard announced the first dual degree program between a [[Palestinian people|Palestinian]] university and an American institution of higher education. The college entered into a collaboration with [[Al-Quds University]] involving an honors college, a master's program in teaching and a model high school.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/15/world/middleeast/15quds.html Palestinian Campus Looks to East Bank (of Hudson)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180126225944/http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/15/world/middleeast/15quds.html |date=January 26, 2018 }}, ''New York Times'', February 14, 2009</ref> In accordance with AlQuds-Bard requirements, students are not allowed to decide their major during the first year of their studies; instead, as a liberal arts college, students are advised to diverge in different classes that would allow them to decide what program they would like to take interest in as in the following year. Students are encouraged to look upon different classes to help them decide the subject they would mostly enjoy studying. Bard gives students the opportunity to dissect different programs before committing to a specific major. As a policy, throughout a student's undergraduate years, they must distribute their credits among different courses so that they can liberally experience the different courses Bard has to offer.<ref>[http://www.bard.edu/undergraduate/curriculum/requirements/ AlQuds Bard Requirements] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170330083005/http://www.bard.edu/undergraduate/curriculum/requirements/ |date=March 30, 2017 }}, March 29, 2017</ref> In June 2011, Bard officially acquired the [[Longy School of Music]] in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]],<ref>{{cite news|url = http://www.boston.com/ae/music/articles/2011/09/12/after_merger_between_longy_school_of_music_and_bard_college_a_school_peers_into_its_future/?camp=pm|title = After Longy-Bard merger, a music school peers into its future|last = Eichler|first = Jeremy|date = September 12, 2011|access-date = August 9, 2014|newspaper = Boston Globe|archive-date = June 2, 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150602020305/http://www.boston.com/ae/music/articles/2011/09/12/after_merger_between_longy_school_of_music_and_bard_college_a_school_peers_into_its_future/?camp=pm|url-status = live}}</ref> and in November 2011, Bard took ownership of the European College of Liberal Arts in [[Berlin]], Germany, to become [[Bard College Berlin]].<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.berlin.bard.edu/about-us/history/|title = History|access-date = August 9, 2014|website = Bard College Berlin|archive-date = May 2, 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150502194848/http://www.berlin.bard.edu/about-us/history/|url-status = live}}</ref> In 2013, Bard entered into a comprehensive agreement with [[Soochow University (Suzhou)|Soochow University]] in [[Suzhou, Jiangsu|Suzhou]], China, that will include a joint program between the [[Soochow University (Suzhou)#Schools and Departments|Soochow University School of Music]] and the Bard College Conservatory of Music, exploration leading to the establishment of The Bard College Liberal Arts Academy at Soochow University, and student exchange.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.bard.edu/news/releases/pr/fstory.php?id=2447|title = Bard College and Soochow University in China Agree to Comprehensive Partnership, including the Creation of a Joint Music Program, Student Exchange, and the Bard College Liberal Arts Academy in Soochow University|date = June 24, 2013|access-date = August 9, 2014|website = News & Events|publisher = Bard College|last = Mark|first = Primoff|archive-date = April 14, 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150414051354/http://www.bard.edu/news/releases/pr/fstory.php?id=2447|url-status = live}}</ref> In 2020, Bard announced that through the new Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Advanced Achievement Scholars program the college will offer admission to high school juniors within 120 miles from the college based on an essay process based on the popular Bard Entrance Exam, first launched in 2013.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bard College Offers Unique Admission Program for High School Juniors|url=https://www.bard.edu/news/details/?id=16798|last=Relations|first=Bard Public|website=www.bard.edu|language=en|access-date=2020-05-07|archive-date=July 31, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220731130319/https://www.bard.edu/news/bard-college-offers-unique-admission-program-for-high-school-juniors-2020-05-06|url-status=live}}</ref> == Student life == Over 120 student clubs are financed through Bard's Convocation Fund, which is distributed once a semester by an elected student body and ratified during a public forum.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Club Head Info and Spending Guide Fall 2024 - Spring 2025 |url=https://www.bard.edu/wwwmedia/files/99978669/2/2024-25%20Edition%20-%20Club%20Head%20Info%20and%20Spending%20Guide%20.pdf}}</ref> Bard College has one print newspaper, the ''[[Bard Free Press]]'', which was awarded a Best in Show title by the [[Associated Collegiate Press]] in 2013.<ref>{{cite web|last=Associated Collegiate Press |title=ACP Best of Show Winners |url=http://www.studentpress.org/acp/winners/f13bs.html |publisher=Studentpress.org |access-date=November 19, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203000611/http://www.studentpress.org/acp/winners/f13bs.html |archive-date=December 3, 2013 }}</ref> In 2003, the ''Bard Free Press'' won Best Campus Publication in ''[[SPIN Magazine]]'s ''first annual Campus Awards.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://freepress.bard.edu/wp/ |title=The Bard Free Press |date=August 26, 2007 |access-date=July 8, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719142108/http://freepress.bard.edu/wp/ |archive-date=July 19, 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref> Student-run literary magazines include the semiannual ''Lux, The Moderator,'' and ''Sui Generis'', a journal of translations and of original poetry in languages other than English. ''The Draft'', a human rights journal, the ''Bard Journal of the Social Sciences,'' ''Bard Science Journal'', and ''Qualia'', a philosophy journal, are also student-published. Other student groups include: the International Students Organization (ISO), Afropulse, Latin American Student Organization (LASO), Caribbean Student Association (CSA), Asian Student Organization (ASO), Bard Musical Theatre Company (BMTC), Black Student Organization (BSO), Anti-Capitalism Feminist Coalition, Body Image Discussion Group, Self-Injury Support and Discussion, Bard Film Committee, Queer Student Association, Trans Life Collective, The Scale Project, Student Labor Dialogue, Bard Debate Union, Bard Model UN, Surrealist Training Circus, Bard Bike Co-Op, Bard Bars, Bard POC Theater Ensemble, and [[college radio]] station WXBC.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bard Student Clubs at Bard College|url=https://studentactivities.bard.edu/clubs/|last=College|first=Bard|website=studentactivities.bard.edu|language=en|access-date=2020-05-07|archive-date=October 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029193555/https://studentactivities.bard.edu/clubs/|url-status=live}}</ref> WXBC was founded in 1947.<ref>"[https://wxbc.bard.edu/about-wxbc/ About WXBC] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181212102456/http://wxbc.bard.edu/about-wxbc/ |date=December 12, 2018 }}", WXBC. Retrieved March 11, 2019.</ref> In 2006, WXBC was nominated for "Station of the Year" and "Biggest Improvement" in the [[College Music Journal|CMJ]] College Radio Awards.<ref>[http://prod1.cmj.com/articles/display_article.php?id=25547292 CMJ College Radio Awards Nominees] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090516045725/http://prod1.cmj.com/articles/display_article.php?id=25547292 |date=May 16, 2009 }} '' [[College Music Journal]]'' November 16, 2006</ref> Bard also has an independent music scene. The college's Old Gym was once a popular location for concerts and parties in the 1980s, 1990s, and early 2000s. In 2004, the Old Gym was shut down and in spring 2006 transformed into a student-run theater. Many activities that once took place there, occur in the smaller SMOG building. SMOG is primarily used as a music venue featuring student-run bands.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Expansion of SMOG Neglected |url=https://digitalcommons.bard.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1059&context=bardfreepress |work=Bard Free Press |pages=1}}</ref> == Athletics == [[File:Bard athletics wordmark.svg|thumb|Bard athletics wordmark]] Bard College teams (nicknamed the ''Raptors'')<ref>[https://www.ncaa.com/schools/bard Bard College] on NCAA.com</ref> participate as a member of the [[National Collegiate Athletic Association]]'s [[Division III (NCAA)|Division III]]. The Raptors are a member of the [[Liberty League]]. Prior conference affiliations include the [[Skyline Conference]] and the former Hudson Valley Athletic Conference. Women's sports include [[basketball]], [[Cross country running|cross country]], [[lacrosse]], [[Association football|soccer]], [[Swimming (sport)|swimming]] & [[Diving (sport)|diving]], [[tennis]], [[Track and field|track & field]], [[volleyball]] and [[Squash (sport)|squash]]. Men's sports include [[baseball]], basketball, cross country, soccer, squash, swimming & diving, tennis, track & field and volleyball.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bard College Athletics - Official Athletics Website |url=https://bardathletics.com/ |access-date=2024-12-12 |website=Bard College Athletics |language=en}}</ref> Bard College Rugby Football Club fields men's and women's teams that compete in the Tristate Conference, affiliated with [[National Collegiate Rugby]]. Additional [[College club sports in the United States|club sports]] include: [[Ultimate (sport)|ultimate frisbee]], [[fencing]], and [[Equestrianism|equestrian]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bardathletics.com/sports/2010/12/8/intramurals.aspx|title=Club Sports|website=Bard College Athletics|access-date=October 18, 2019|archive-date=August 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190826015346/https://bardathletics.com/sports/2010/12/8/intramurals.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref> == Alumni and faculty == {{Main|List of Bard College people}} === Notable alumni === Notable alumni of Bard include fraternal songwriters [[Richard M. Sherman]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 25, 2024 |title=Remembering Disney Legend Richard M. Sherman |url=https://thewaltdisneycompany.com/remembering-disney-legend-richard-m-sherman/ |access-date=May 25, 2024 |website=The Walt Disney Company |archive-date=May 30, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240530125216/https://thewaltdisneycompany.com/remembering-disney-legend-richard-m-sherman/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and [[Robert B. Sherman]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=College |first=Bard |title=Newsmakers at Bard College |url=https://alums.bard.edu/news/newsmakers/index.php?action=view&s_date=2012-03-01&e_date=2012-03-31 |access-date=2024-12-12 |website=alums.bard.edu |language=en}}</ref> comedian and actor [[Chevy Chase]] (1968);<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chevy Chase Movies and Shows |url=https://tv.apple.com/us/person/chevy-chase/umc.cpc.3vw3q7x6nf4jq5x0iosq1ka5m |access-date=2024-03-11 |website=Apple TV |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Walter Becker]] and [[Donald Fagen]] of [[Steely Dan]] (1969);<ref name="Steely Dan"/> actors [[Blythe Danner]] (1965),<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=College |first=Bard |title=Bard College History |url=https://www.bard.edu/about/history/ |access-date=2024-12-12 |website=www.bard.edu |language=en}}</ref> [[Adrian Grenier]],<ref name=":1" /> [[Gaby Hoffmann]],<ref name=":1" /> [[Mia Farrow]] (did not graduate) [[Jonah Hill]] (did not graduate), [[Ezra Miller]] (did not graduate), [[Griffin Gluck]] (did not graduate) and [[Larry Hagman]] (did not graduate);<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/tv-radio-obituaries/9700306/Larry-Hagman.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/tv-radio-obituaries/9700306/Larry-Hagman.html |archive-date=January 12, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Obituary|date=25 Nov 2012|work=The Daily Telegraph|access-date=7 April 2019}}{{cbignore}}</ref> filmmakers [[Gia Coppola]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/interiors-entertaining/fashionable-life-jacqui-getty-0507|title=A Fashionable Life: Jacqui Getty|date=May 1, 2007|access-date=April 19, 2018}}</ref> [[Todd Haynes]] (MFA),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/93836/Todd-Haynes/biography|title=Todd Haynes – Biography|access-date=July 11, 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304063248/https://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/93836/Todd-Haynes/biography|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=[[The New York Times]]|author=Rebecca Flint Marx|date=2016|archive-date=March 4, 2016}}</ref> [[Sadie Benning]]s (MFA),<ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-08-16|title=Sadie Benning|url=https://landmarks.utexas.edu/video-art/sadie-benning|access-date=2020-08-14|website=LANDMARKS|publisher=University of Texas at Austin|language=en}}</ref> and [[The Wachowskis|Lana Wachowski]] (did not graduate);<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Hemon |first=Aleksandar |date=2012-09-03 |title=The Wachowskis, Beyond the Matrix |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2012/09/10/beyond-the-matrix |access-date=2024-10-08 |magazine=The New Yorker |language=en-US |issn=0028-792X}}</ref> photographer [[Herb Ritts]];<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sharpsteen |first=Bill |date=2000-10-29 |title=EYE OF THE BEHOLDER |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-oct-29-tm-43664-story.html |access-date=2024-03-11 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> actor and director [[Christopher Guest]];<ref>{{cite journal|last=Rosen|first=Steven|title=Want to spoof Purim and the Oscars? Be our Guest!|journal=The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles|volume=21|issue=39|date=November 16, 2006|url=http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=16799|access-date=November 16, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929122250/http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=16799|archive-date=September 29, 2007|url-status=live}}</ref> songwriter [[Billy Steinberg]];<ref>{{cite web | url=https://billysteinberg.com/press-and-awards/the-beats-within | title=The Beats within |website=Billysteinberg.com| date=28 September 2005 }}</ref> theater director [[Anne Bogart]];<ref>{{Cite web |last=Relations |first=Bard Public |title=Acclaimed Director Anne Bogart ’74 Wins Obie Award for Lifetime Achievement |url=https://www.bard.edu/news/director-anne-bogart-74-wins-obie-award-for-lifetime-achievement-2023-03-07 |access-date=2024-12-12 |website=www.bard.edu |language=en}}</ref> screenwriter [[Howard E. Koch]];<ref>{{Cite web |title=Howard Koch {{!}} Archives & Special Collection {{!}} Bard College |url=https://www.bard.edu/archives/voices/koch/koch.php |access-date=2024-12-12 |website=www.bard.edu}}</ref> writer [[David Cote (writer)|David Cote]];<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://thesegalcenter.org/event/condition-critical-david-cote-time-out-new-york/|title = Condition: Critical (David Cote, Time Out New York)|website=Martin E. Segal Theatre Center|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150528124145/http://thesegalcenter.org/event/condition-critical-david-cote-time-out-new-york/|archive-date=May 28, 2015}}</ref> comedians [[Adam Conover]]<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/25/arts/television/adam-conover-turns-a-skeptical-eye-to-the-presidential-campaign.html?_r=0 |title=Adam Conover Turns a Skeptical Eye to the Presidential Campaign |last=Genzlinger |first=Neil |website=The New York Times |date=October 24, 2016 |publication-date=October 24, 2016}}</ref>and [[Raphael Bob-Waksberg]];<ref>{{cite web |last=Ito |first=Robert |date=May 7, 2019 |title="Sometimes out of something awful something wonderful happens" |url=https://story.californiasunday.com/bojack-horseman-tuca-bertie/ |work=The California Sunday Magazine |access-date=January 11, 2022}}</ref> fashion designer [[Tom Ford]] (did not graduate),<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-10-08 |title=Designer Profile: Tom Ford {{!}} Mens Fashion Magazine |url=https://www.mensfashionmagazine.com/designer-profile-tom-ford |access-date=2024-10-08 |language=en-US}}</ref> classical composer [[Bruce Wolosoff]];<ref>{{Cite web |title=Memento: an interview with composer and pianist Bruce Wolosoff — No Dead Guys {{!}} New piano music, living composers, and thoughts on the intersection of music and life. Rhonda Rizzo, writer |url=https://www.nodeadguys.com/a-piano-blog/memento-an-interview-with-composer-and-pianist-bruce-wolosoff |access-date=2024-12-12 |website=No Dead Guys |language=en-US}}</ref> journalist [[Ronan Farrow]];<ref>{{Cite press release |title = Bard College Alumnus Ronan S. Farrow '04 Awarded Prestigious Rhodes Scholarship |url = http://www.bard.edu/news/releases/pr/fstory.php?id=2203 |publisher = Bard College|access-date = February 10, 2016 |archive-date= January 3, 2016 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160103184518/http://www.bard.edu/news/releases/pr/fstory.php?id=2203 |url-status=dead}}</ref> writer and social theorist [[Albert Jay Nock]];<ref>Wreszin, Michael (1972). ''The Superfluous Anarchist: Albert Jay Nock'', Brown University Press, p. 11.</ref> [[Adam Yauch]] of the [[Beastie Boys]] (did not graduate);<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.boston.com/ae/music/articles/2012/05/04/simmons_adam_yauch_of_the_beastie_boys_dead_at_47/ |title=Adam Yauch of the Beastie Boys dies at 47 |publisher=Boston.com |date=May 4, 2012 |access-date= May 4, 2012 |first=Jake |last=Coyle|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120712135217/https://www.boston.com/ae/music/articles/2012/05/04/simmons_adam_yauch_of_the_beastie_boys_dead_at_47/|archive-date=July 12, 2012}}</ref> and artists [[Tschabalala Self]],<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Kazanjian |first=Dodie |date=April 13, 2020 |title=Artist Tschabalala Self Upends Our Perception of the Female Form |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/tschabalala-self-studio-visit |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200419075525/https://www.vogue.com/article/tschabalala-self-studio-visit |archive-date=April 19, 2020 |access-date=2020-05-07 |website=Vogue |language=en}}</ref> and [[Frances Bean Cobain]] (did not graduate)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-09-30 |title=Inside Frances Bean Cobain's Unique Private World With Riley Hawk |url=https://www.eonline.com/news/1407980/inside-frances-bean-cobains-unique-private-world-with-riley-hawk |access-date=2024-10-08 |website=E! Online}}</ref>.<gallery> File:Jonah Hill-4939 (cropped) (cropped).jpg|[[Jonah Hill]], Actor (did not graduate) File:Tom Ford cropped 2009.jpg|[[Tom Ford]], Designer (did not graduate) File:Becker & Fagen of Steely Dan at Pori Jazz 2007.jpg|[[Steely Dan]], Rock Band (1969) File:Chevy Chase at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival.JPG|[[Chevy Chase]], Actor (1968) File:Ezra Miller by Gage Skidmore.jpg|[[Ezra Miller]], actor (did not graduate) File:Raphael Bob-Waksberg (51987861655).jpg|[[Raphael Bob-Waksberg]], writer and producer (2006) File:Lana Wachowski, Fantastic Fest, Cloud Atlas.jpg|[[Lana Wachowski]], director and producer (did not graduate) File:Gia Coppola 2016.png|[[Gia Coppola]], director (2009) File:Pulitzer2018-mia-farrow-20180530-wp.jpg|[[Mia Farrow]], actress (did not graduate) File:Adam Yauch crop.jpg|[[Adam Yauch]], rapper (did not graduate) </gallery> ===Notable faculty=== Among the college's most well-known former faculty are [[Toni Morrison]],<ref>{{Cite book |last=Fultz |first=Lucille P. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KgUhCI2w2eEC&pg=PR12 |title=Toni Morrison: Playing with Difference |date=2003 |publisher=University of Illinois Press |isbn=978-0252028236 |page=xii}}</ref> [[Heinrich Blücher]],<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bird |first1=David |title=Hannah Arendt, Political Scientist Dead |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1975/12/06/archives/hannah-arendt-political-scientist-dead.html |access-date=24 July 2018 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=4 December 1975a |type=Obituary |archive-date=3 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210503160729/https://www.nytimes.com/1975/12/06/archives/hannah-arendt-political-scientist-dead.html |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Hannah Arendt]], [[Mary McCarthy (author)|Mary McCarthy]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mary McCarthy: A Biographical Sketch|url=http://specialcollections.vassar.edu/marymccarthy/mmbio.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140823092453/http://specialcollections.vassar.edu/marymccarthy/mmbio.html|archive-date=August 23, 2014|access-date=June 26, 2014|website=Special Collections: Mary McCarthy – A Biographical Sketch|publisher=Vassar College Libraries}}</ref> [[Arthur Penn]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tully |first=Byron |date=2020-06-21 |title=A Note of Congratulations to the Bard College Freshman |url=https://theoldmoneybook.com/2020/06/21/3802/ |access-date=2024-12-12 |website=The Old Money Book |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Nathan Thrall]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nathan Thrall |url=https://www.nathanthrall.com/ |access-date=2024-10-08 |website=Nathan Thrall |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Vik Muniz]], [[Mitch Epstein]], [[Larry Fink (photographer)|Larry Fink]], [[John Ashbery]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=College |first=Bard |title=Faculty Profiles at Bard College |url=https://alums.bard.edu/news/remembrances/john-ashbery-1927-2017 |access-date=2024-12-12 |website=alums.bard.edu |language=en}}</ref> [[Richard Teitelbaum]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2020/04/09/831173527/richard-teitelbaum-experimentalist-with-an-earth-spanning-ear-dead-at-80|title=Richard Teitelbaum, Experimentalist With An Earth-Spanning Ear, Dead At 80|website=NPR.org}}</ref> [[Mary Lee Settle]] (part time),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wvwc.edu/library/wv_authors/authors/a_settle.htm |title=Mary Lee Settle profile|publisher=Wvwc.edu |accessdate=2012-07-31 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120307091942/http://www.wvwc.edu/library/wv_authors/authors/a_settle.htm |archivedate=March 7, 2012 |df=mdy-all}}</ref> [[Andre Aciman]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Relations |first=Bard Public |title=BARD COLLEGE PRESENTS EXILES ON EXILE Panel Will Feature Renowned Authors and Bard Faculty Members Chinua Achebe, Norman Manea, and Andre Aciman {{!}} Bard College Public Relations |url=https://www.bard.edu/news/releases/pr/fstory.php?id=220 |access-date=2024-10-08 |website=www.bard.edu |language=en}}</ref> [[Orhan Pamuk]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Relations |first=Bard Public |title=Nobel Prize–Winning Author Orhan Pamuk is Writer in Residence {{!}} Bard College Public Relations |url=https://www.bard.edu/news/releases/pr/fstory.php?id=1336 |access-date=2024-10-08 |website=www.bard.edu |language=en}}</ref> [[Chinua Achebe]],<ref>{{cite book |author=Ezenwa-Ohaeto |year=1997 |title=Chinua Achebe: A Biography |publisher=[[Indiana University Press]] |location=Bloomington |isbn=978-0-253-33342-1 |page=280|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n1TsuHuRRn0C}}</ref> [[Charles Burnett (director)|Charles Burnett]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Relations |first=Bard Public |title=Esteemed Filmmaker Charles Burnett Joins Bard College Faculty {{!}} Bard College Public Relations |url=https://www.bard.edu/news/releases/pr/fstory.php?id=2963 |access-date=2024-10-08 |website=www.bard.edu |language=en}}</ref> [[Bill T. Jones]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=College |first=Bard |title=Dance Bill T. Jones Dance Company Partnership at Bard College |url=https://dance.bard.edu/billtjones/ |access-date=2024-10-08 |website=dance.bard.edu |language=en}}</ref> and [[Alexander Soros]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Alexander Soros |url=https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/who-we-are/board-of-directors/alexander-soros |access-date=2024-10-08 |website=www.opensocietyfoundations.org |language=en}}</ref> Notable current faculty, {{as of|2024|lc=y|post=,}} include [[Stephen Shore]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bard.edu/faculty/stephen-shore |title= Stephen Shore|access-date=October 6, 2024|website=Bard College}}</ref> [[An-My Lê]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bard.edu/faculty/an-my-le|title= An-My Le|access-date=October 6, 2024|website=Bard College}}</ref> [[Neil Gaiman]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bard.edu/faculty/neil-gaiman|title= Neil Gaiman|access-date=October 6, 2024|website=Bard College}}</ref> [[Jeffrey Gibson]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=College |first=Bard |title=Jeffrey Gibson |url=https://www.bard.edu/faculty/jeffrey-gibson?action=details |access-date=2024-10-08 |website=www.bard.edu |language=en}}</ref> [[Gilles Peress]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=College |first=Bard |title=Gilles Peress |url=https://www.bard.edu/faculty/gilles-peress |access-date=2024-10-08 |website=www.bard.edu |language=en}}</ref> [[John Ryle (anthropologist)|John Ryle]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=College |first=Bard |title=John Ryle |url=https://www.bard.edu/faculty/john-ryle |access-date=2024-10-08 |website=www.bard.edu |language=en}}</ref> [[Tan Dun]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=College |first=Bard |title=Tan Dun |url=https://www.bard.edu/academics/faculty/details/?id=4424 |access-date=2024-10-08 |website=www.bard.edu |language=en}}</ref> [[Walid Raad]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=College |first=Bard |title=Walid Raad |url=https://www.bard.edu/faculty/walid-raad?action=details |access-date=2024-10-08 |website=www.bard.edu |language=en}}</ref> [[Daniel Mendelsohn]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bard.edu/faculty/daniel-mendelsohn|title= Daniel Mendelsohn|access-date=October 6, 2024|website=Bard College}}</ref>,[[Thomas Chatterton Williams]], [[Hua Hsu]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=College |first=Bard |title=Hua Hsu |url=https://www.bard.edu/faculty/hua-hsu |access-date=2024-10-08 |website=www.bard.edu |language=en}}</ref> [[Kobena Mercer]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=College |first=Bard |title=Kobena Mercer |url=https://www.bard.edu/faculty/kobena-mercer?action=details |access-date=2024-10-08 |website=www.bard.edu |language=en}}</ref> [[Joseph O'Neill (writer, born 1964)|Joseph O’Neill]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=College |first=Bard |title=Joseph O'Neill |url=https://www.bard.edu/faculty/joseph-oneill |access-date=2024-10-08 |website=www.bard.edu |language=en}}</ref> [[Ian Buruma]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=College |first=Bard |title=Ian Buruma |url=https://www.bard.edu/faculty/details/?id=153 |access-date=2024-10-08 |website=www.bard.edu |language=en}}</ref> [[Judy Pfaff]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=College |first=Bard |title=Judy Pfaff |url=https://www.bard.edu/faculty/judy-pfaff |access-date=2024-10-08 |website=www.bard.edu |language=en}}</ref> [[Joan Tower]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Bard Professor Who Was Named Composer of the Year|url=https://hvmag.com/publications/the-bard-professor-who-was-named-composer-of-the-year/|date=2020-01-21|website=Hudson Valley Magazine|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-07|archive-date=December 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201212215604/https://hvmag.com/publications/the-bard-professor-who-was-named-composer-of-the-year/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bard.edu/academics/faculty/details/?id=3066 |title= Joan Tower|access-date=October 6, 2024|website=Bard College}}</ref> [[Walter Russell Mead]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=College |first=Bard |title=Walter Russell Mead |url=https://www.bard.edu/faculty/walter-russell-mead?action=details |access-date=2024-10-08 |website=www.bard.edu |language=en}}</ref> [[Nayland Blake]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=College |first=Bard |title=Nayland Blake |url=https://www.bard.edu/faculty/nayland-blake?action=details |access-date=2024-10-08 |website=www.bard.edu |language=en}}</ref> [[Nuruddin Farah]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=College |first=Bard |title=Nuruddin Farah |url=https://www.bard.edu/faculty/nuruddin-farah |access-date=2024-10-08 |website=www.bard.edu |language=en}}</ref> [[Mona Simpson]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=College |first=Bard |title=Mona Simpson |url=https://www.bard.edu/faculty/mona-simpson |access-date=2024-10-08 |website=www.bard.edu |language=en}}</ref>,[[Sky Hopinka]] (MFA Faculty),<ref>{{Cite web |title=People |url=https://www.bard.edu/mfa/bios/index.php?id=5375233 |access-date=2024-10-08 |website=www.bard.edu}}</ref> [[Masha Gessen]] (visiting writer),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bard.edu/faculty/masha-gessen |title= Masha Gessen|access-date=October 6, 2024|website=Bard College}}</ref> [[Kelly Reichardt]] (artist in residence),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bard.edu/faculty/kelly-reichardt |title= Kelly Reichardt|access-date=October 6, 2024|website=Bard College}}</ref> [[Francine Prose]] (writer in residence),<ref>{{Cite news |title=The Novel, 'The Vixen,' Explores The Moral Ambiguity Of 1950s America |language=en |work=NPR.org |url=https://www.npr.org/2021/07/12/1015185077/the-novel-the-vixen-explores-the-moral-ambiguity-of-1950s-america |access-date=2022-07-13 |archive-date=July 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220713203244/https://www.npr.org/2021/07/12/1015185077/the-novel-the-vixen-explores-the-moral-ambiguity-of-1950s-america |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bard.edu/faculty/francine-prose |title= Francine Prose|access-date=October 6, 2024|website=Bard College}}</ref> [[Susan Weber (historian)|Susan Weber]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Susan Weber - Bard Graduate Center |url=https://www.bgc.bard.edu/people/70/susan-weber |access-date=2024-10-08 |website=www.bgc.bard.edu}}</ref> [[Lauren Cornell]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lauren Cornell |url=https://ccs.bard.edu/people/14-lauren-cornell |access-date=2024-10-08 |website=CCS Bard |language=en}}</ref> [[Ann Lauterbach]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bard.edu/faculty/ann-lauterbach |title= Ann Lauterbach|access-date=October 6, 2024|website=Bard College}}</ref> [[Valeria Luiselli]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bard.edu/faculty/valeria-luiselli |title= Valeria Luiselli |access-date=October 6, 2024|website=Bard College}}</ref> and [[Tschabalala Self]] (visiting artist in residence).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bard.edu/faculty/tschabalala-self |title= Tschabalala Self |access-date=October 6, 2024|website=Bard College}}</ref><gallery> File:Toni Morrison.jpg|[[Toni Morrison]], novelist File:Hannah Arendt auf dem 1. Kulturkritikerkongress, Barbara Niggl Radloff, FM-2019-1-5-9-16 (cropped).jpg|[[Hannah Arendt]], philosopher File:Roy Lichtenstein.jpg|[[Roy Lichtenstein]], artist File:Visita - Artista Plástico Vik Muniz (53515588190) (cropped).jpg|[[Vik Muniz]], artist File:John Ashbery Brooklyn Poet 2010 Shankbone.jpg|[[John Ashbery]], poet File:Stephen Shore at CO Berlin, 2016.jpg|[[Stephen Shore]], photographer File:Kyle-cassidy-neil-gaiman-April-2013.jpg|[[Neil Gaiman]], writer File:3Nuruddin Farah.jpg|[[Nuruddin Farah]], novelist File:Jeffrey Gibson at Hirshhorn 2024.jpg|[[Jeffrey Gibson]], artist File:Masha Gessen 01a.jpg|[[Masha Gessen]], Journalist </gallery> == References == {{Reflist}} == External links == {{ccat}} * {{oweb}} * [https://bardathletics.com/ Athletics website] {{Bard college |state-expanded}} {{Liberty League navbox}} {{Annapolis Group}} {{Colleges That Change Lives}} {{Oberlin Group}} {{Dutchess County, New York}} {{Authority control}} {{Portal bar|Hudson Valley|New York (state)|auto=1}} [[Category:Bard College| ]] [[Category:History of Columbia University]] [[Category:1860 establishments in New York (state)]] [[Category:Universities and colleges established in 1860]] [[Category:Liberal arts colleges in New York (state)]] [[Category:Red Hook, New York]] [[Category:Annandale-on-Hudson, New York]] [[Category:Universities and colleges affiliated with the Episcopal Church (United States)]] [[Category:Universities and colleges in Dutchess County, New York]] [[Category:Private universities and colleges in New York (state)]] [[Category:Tourist attractions in Dutchess County, New York]] [[Category:Organizations listed in Russia as undesirable]]
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