About Barnard|Next

Lifelong Learning at an Institution Committed to Lifelong Success

During its inaugural Spring Semester, Barnard|Next is offering distinctive lifelong learning programs for alums of Barnard College (and individuals they invite) and families of current Barnard students. We aim to facilitate new, exciting, and intensive opportunities to engage with pressing intellectual questions, while deepening connections across the Barnard network. You can read about Spring 2024 offerings here. Beginning in Fall 2024, Barnard|Next will also provide classes open to broader populations of adult learners, as a means of broadening access to the incredible work produced by Barnard.

Since 2018, Beyond Barnard has provided lifelong career support for the global network of Barnard's 37,000 living graduates. Beyond Barnard provides lifelong career support to graduates in alignment with Barnard's mission as a women's college. Women experience more interruptions in their careers and more career changes than men — and it is vital for women to have access to exceptional career support during these moments of transition. To provide unfettered access to career support aligns deeply with Barnard's core mission as an institution.

But without a doubt, it's the curriculum and the intensive experience of the liberal arts and sciences that draws students to Barnard — and a commitment to learning and exploration remains core to the identity of graduates when they leave the College. By creating lifelong opportunities to engage with Barnard's curriculum, we aim to serve a vital need: to foster growth, development, skill-building, and connection on the basis of a shared passion for learning. Barnard|Next represents the College's effort to create distinctive engagement opportunities at the intersections of Barnard's historic strengths, leveraging its relationship to the City of New York, its commitment to equity and exploration of gender in all its complexity, and its global reach.

Barnard|Next in Spring 2024

Barnard|Next's inaugural offerings in Spring 2024 will offer access to exciting Barnard faculty and experts. Barnard|Next participants will be able to attend up to six faculty-led lectures, as well as two keynote addresses. In-person attendees will also be able to take advantage of networking sessions and receptions, and — of course — the opportunity to be back on campus in Morningside Heights.

Registration is Open Now!

Barnard alums (and individuals they invite) and families of current Barnard students can now register for the Spring 2024 Explorers Series or individual Saturdays— the inaugural Barnard|Next. Questions about participation can be addressed to barnardnext@barnard.edu.