Students and part-time faculty host a ‘funeral’ for The New School’s progressive values

Union rep, Tamar Samir and professor Rachel Urkowitz marching down with a coffin in front of University Center. Photo by Marc Lepson (@marclepsonart) on IG.

A sea of students and part-time faculty gathered together in mourning to hold a funeral outside of The New School’s University Center on Halloween Day. Dressed in all…

New Schoolers march to President McBride’s townhouse to demand better treatment of part-time faculty, student workers and other staff

Nelson Nuñez, recording secretary of labor of the United Brothers of Teamsters Local 1205 stands in front of New School President Dwight A. McBride's townhouse with a letter demanding improved working conditions for university workers. Image by Hope Thompson.

Dozens of New School students and faculty marched down Fifth Avenue to university President Dwight McBride’s West Village townhouse earlier this month to protest the working conditions of…

“Teaching conditions affect learning conditions,” Part-Time Professors discuss The New School’s Pay Disparity and Income Inequality

Illustration by Evyn Garcia

The New School’s reputation as a progressive institution for social justice and equality isn’t living up to some part-time faculty’s standards, as they said they’re paid an unlivable…