Academic dishonesty

The mission of the Dean of Studies Office is to support students in their academic programs of study and assist them in finding and meeting academic and intellectual challenges. We help them develop environmental mastery skills, promote fluency in the many forms of discourse required by the college's rigorous curriculum, foster collaborative inquiry that aims to deepen intellectual engagement, and assist students in identifying opportunities to excel outside of the regular curriculum and co-curriculum.

The Office of the Dean of the College is responsible for the undergraduate academic program and for supporting the faculty and staff who bring it to life. The Dean's Office upholds the faculty governance structure of the College while overseeing the undergraduate curriculum and leading discussions of pedagogical and curricular innovation. Our office provides both opportunities and resources designed to encourage members of the Bard faculty to pursue their finest work.

The Learning Commons is home to all of Bard’s writing support and collaborative one-on-one writing consultation. We provide highly trained peer writing support in seat and on student-preferred social communication platforms. Meet with one of our writing consultants to practice informal writing as a tool for discovery, think through ideas for essay topics, revisit writing that merits revision, generate research questions, develop written arguments, and help take your written drafts to the next level!

The Library provides access to millions of books and e-books, and more than 44,000 unique periodical titles. Our services include research, writing and citation support, interlibrary loan, and resource sharing. Our Archives house documents and objects that tell the history of the College and the area. The Library's Visual Resources department is a campus-wide resource for the use of visual materials in teaching and research.

The Learning Commons’ pedagogy prioritizes both student‐centered learning and instructor research. Many of our teachers have not only pursued and produced scholarship in their chosen fields, but they are also well studied in the scholarship of teaching – consistently learning, sharing, developing, and putting into practice innovative, engaged teaching. In our classes, we offer students the benefit of teacher expertise, but we also encourage students to develop critical perspectives out of their own experiences, creative practice, and engagement with course subject matter – be it persuasive writing and deliberative speaking in the public sphere, instruction in inclusive pedagogies, personal and analytical essays, English language-acquisition, algebra and trigonometry, and information literacy for engaged writing in the private, public, and civic sphere.

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