Students studying at Bard High School Early College in Baltimore.
Starting college coursework early can give high school students a head start, particularly for low-income students, students of color, and for those who might be the first in their family to attend college. Last month, the Bard Early Colleges hosted “Rethinking College,” a virtual conference in which two early college students moderated a discussion with Roberto J. Rodriguez, assistant secretary of planning, evaluation, and policy development at the Department of Education, and Kevin Carey, vice president for education policy and knowledge management at the think tank New America. “What emerged was that fledgling adults are far more capable than the old paradigm gives them credit for,” writes Anne Pyburn Craig for
Chronogram, “but that they are in dire need of opportunity girded with support.”
Post Date: 01-07-2022
