Category: Student Union

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

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…

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Increases to Student Fees and Tuition Prompt Outrage Among Student Groups

On April 16, around 40 SENS-UAW, GFSS, and other student group members gathered in the Social Justice Hub to discuss the university's increased tuition and fees. Photo by Manami Kaneko

This article was updated to include comments from the New School’s spokesperson about what prompted the University Services Fee to increase and who will be required to pay…

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