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New Director Of Bard Early College Embraces Life In New Orleans

WWNO - New Orleans Public Radio | By Sharon Litwin
Published October 29, 2015 at 6:00 AM EDT
Nicole Young has worked for the U.S. Department of Education in Washington, DC.
Bard Early College New Orleans
Nicole Young has worked for the U.S. Department of Education in Washington, DC.
Nicole Young has worked for the U.S. Department of Education in Washington, DC.
Credit Bard Early College New Orleans
Nicole Young has worked for the U.S. Department of Education in Washington, DC.

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College education costs a fortune and keeps on getting more expensive. There is, however, one local high school that offers11thand12thgraders a chance to graduate with a year’s worth of college credit, tuition free.

Only about 100 students make it through the application process. But those that do get a classroom culture that offers seminar classes and unique electives. We’re talking aboutBard Early College, which recently hired Nicole Young as its new executive director. She spoke with Sharon Litwin on this week’s Notes from New Orleans.  

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Sharon Litwin is the founding president of NolaVie.com, the only daily cultural not-for-profit website of its kind in the United States devoted to exploring all aspects of the quirky, diverse culture of New Orleans. Sharon, along with Renee Peck, NolaVie Managing Editor, wrote, and NolaVie received, a grant from the J-Lab Project of American University, funded through the McCormick Foundation in Chicago, allowing NolaVie to launch in February, 2011. Since 2012, Sharon has produced Notes from New Orleans, a weekly on-air cultural news segment for WWNO that is complemented by her weekly âââ
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