The curious case of Bob Kerrey’s compensation In the fall of 2009, shortly after he assumed the chairmanship of The New School’s board of trustees, Michael J. Johnston…
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University Student Senate Suffers Losses
Students of Parsons and The New School for Public Engagement are beginning the Fall 2012 semester without their allotted representation in the University Student Senate.
Students Debate Curriculum Changes at Mannes
Nine months after stepping in as the dean of Mannes College, Richard Kessler has proposed a number of controversial changes to the music conservatory’s traditional, classical-based curriculum, compelling…
May Day Brief: The New School Student Walkout
At noon in the Lang courtyard on May Day, a single drum orchestrated The New School student walkout, with protesters chanting “Student strike! Student strike!” A group of…
Undoing Racism Workshop to Arrive at New School
After a long and contentious series of negotiations, The New School is set to host an “Undoing Racism” workshop next fall. Despite support from the offices of the…
Troubling Financial Trends
The New School has always been a small institution. In its beginnings, in fact, it was barely an institution at all — the university’s original goal was to…