Voices from the picket line

New School part-time faculty and students protesting outside the University Center on Tuesday. Photo by Tara Lamorgese

Thoughts, opinions, hopes and fears from students and faculty during the first weeks of the part time faculty strike

CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS: TNS extends ‘final offer,’ effectively walks away from negotiations, according to union

Student picketing in solidarity with The New School’s part-time faculty union on Monday. Photo courtesy of Isabella Cooper.

On Sunday, The New School provided the currently on-strike part-time faculty union with a final offer on compensation, healthcare, job security, and other issues pertaining to their contract.…

The New School removes Jewish holidays from official non-class days for second year in a row

Jewish faculty and students are frustrated that The New School no longer recognizes Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur as non-class days. Photo by Hannah Roberts.

The New School has excluded Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur from official university holidays for the second year in a row, leaving Jewish students frustrated about having class…