Barnard Pre-College Program: NextGen Leadership Institute

The NextGen Leadership Institute at Barnard takes the complex relationship between gender and leadership as its focus. Students should be curious, passionate, and willing to take risks, as they will develop action-oriented leadership plans during the session. Reading and writing assignments, along with off-campus site visits in New York City, will all be part of students' experience. 

As a student in the NextGen Leadership Institute, you’ll take a course within one of our four tracks — STEM, writing and literature, global humanities, or art, movement, and performance. You’ll see what leadership in action looks like, while developing your own leadership skills, with the support of Barnard’s Athena Center for Leadership. And you’ll get to explore New York City alongside your peers and program leaders.