In Print - The New School Free Press
WEBPick up your copy of the Spring 2024 Volume 1 starting on Monday, April 1. You can view our past print issues here. The New School Free Press has newsstands throughout campus. We’ve compiled a list of where to find our newest print issue in almost all New School buildings. The New School University Center… Continue reading In Print
ACIR’s divestment report is released pending review
WEB13 hours ago · Linda E. Rappaport, chair of the Board of Trustees, and Steven H. Bloom, chair of the Investment Committee of the Board of Trustees, issued a school-wide email on Wednesday acknowledging a report made by the Advisory Committee on Investor Responsibility (ACIR).. The report is an update on the ACIR’s ongoing work, which includes developing strategies for managing The New School’s ...
Breaking News Archives - The New School Free Press
WEBMay 14, 2024 · The New School does not intend to pursue charges against those arrested. NYPD officers at the corner of 5th Ave. and 13th St. monitoring a student demonstration. Photo by Jordan Fong. The New School does not intend to press charges against students arrested at the Gaza Solidarity Encampments on May 3, university spokesperson Amy Malsin told the ...
The New School no longer expects a deficit in this year’s budget
WEBApr 22, 2024 · The New School is expected to breakeven by the time the 2024 fiscal year ends on June 30, despite a projected $57 million budget deficit. The university’s short-term and long-term financial stabilization plans to address the deficit were endorsed by the Board of Trustees in December, university spokesperson Merrie Snead told the New School Free Press in an email.
The old “New” problem: How do we recover our progressive legacy?
WEBMay 8, 2024 · In TNS professor Julia Foulkes’s essay, “What It Means to Be a Progressive University,” she writes of the elusive idea of James Baldwin as a TNS student. From all that is evidenced, Baldwin took one acting class at TNS in 1914. TNS’s posthumous contortion of Baldwin’s legacy to create an iconoclastic progressive image demonstrates an ...
Live updates: Part-time faculty strike - The New School Free Press
WEBNov 16, 2022 · Part-time faculty at The New School went on an indefinite strike on Wednesday morning after months of bargaining with the university over a new contract. The union ACT-UAW Local 7902, which represents adjunct faculty at The New School, authorized a strike after the expiration of the current contract at midnight on Nov. 13.
With potential strike looming, SENS asks for complete solidarity …
WEBMar 5, 2024 · With the strike deadline of March 6 nearing, the SENS-UAW union has asked The New School’s students, employees, faculty, and parents to show solidarity. The academic student workers’ union, SENS-UAW, will strike Wednesday if tentative agreements are not made on their contract with The New School. In a community-wide update from SENS-UAW, the union asked… Continue reading With potential ...
The New School launches a digital accessibility tool on their website
WEBMar 4, 2024 · The New School launched a digital accessibility tool earlier this month called UserWay, aimed at making its website more accessible for people with visual and mental disabilities. The New School’s site now includes a widget users can click to reveal a variety of icons that adjusts visual design such as saturation, line spacing, and text size.
Professors and students protest The New School's part-time …
WEBNov 19, 2022 · Students hold signs of support at the strike Wednesday. Photo by Hannah Roberts. At 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday, teachers, students and supporters gathered outside The New School University Center for the first picket shift of the day after the university and the part-time faculty union’s bargaining committee failed to come to an agreement on a new contract in the months prior.
Series Archives - The New School Free Press
WEBWelcome to Nighthawks — a biweekly series where writer Sam Brule travels to noteworthy nightlife epicenters across New York City to observe and report about the night, atmosphere, and people of the weekend.