Bard’s international partnerships are uniquely commited to fostering the spread of liberal arts education as a tool of democratization and a means of modernizing and improving education globally.
Our partnership programs serve young people from the countries where they are located. They also offer an unparalleled opportunity for students from North America (or elsewhere) to study abroad at an institution where they are immersed in the culture of a foreign country, take courses with young people from that country or region, while enjoying the benefits of liberal arts instruction. Through our deep partnerships, the challenges and benefits of international collaboration are shared among faculty, administrators, and students alike.
Bard’s international partnerships express an engaged politics of education. Our partnerships and programs seek to encourage mutual critique, oppose hegemony, and foster a democracy of equals and true exchange of values. In a word, we seek to implement the core values of liberal education. Like our students, we also learn as much as we teach, and feel fortunate for the opportunity.
Our partnership programs serve young people from the countries where they are located. They also offer an unparalleled opportunity for students from North America (or elsewhere) to study abroad at an institution where they are immersed in the culture of a foreign country, take courses with young people from that country or region, while enjoying the benefits of liberal arts instruction. Through our deep partnerships, the challenges and benefits of international collaboration are shared among faculty, administrators, and students alike.
Bard’s international partnerships express an engaged politics of education. Our partnerships and programs seek to encourage mutual critique, oppose hegemony, and foster a democracy of equals and true exchange of values. In a word, we seek to implement the core values of liberal education. Like our students, we also learn as much as we teach, and feel fortunate for the opportunity.
Special Initiatives in the Liberal Arts
With Thanks To:
We offer our thanks to Jim and Mary Ottaway, whose friendship and generosity inspired the PIE program and have supported virtually all of our projects. We owe our endowment to the Ottaways’ extraordinary generosity.
We also offer our heartfelt thanks and appreciation to:
- Bob and Helen Bernstein
- Carnegie Corporation of New York
- Selma Ertegun
- Ford Foundation
- Gagarin Trust
- Kellner Family Foundation
- John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
- The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
- James Ottaway, Jr., and family
- Felicitas Thorne
- Tides Foundation
- Van Meeteren Foundation