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The New School raises tuition 3.8% for the 2022-2023 academic year

The New School is raising tuition and fees for the 2022-23 school year. According to an email sent out on March 21, they are doing so to cover rising costs. Chart by Hana Lanzkowsky

The university cited costs such as salaries, medical coverage, taxes and more for the increase. The New School is raising tuition for all undergraduate and most graduate degree…

I’m thinking of leaving Parsons: The Stamp Podcast Episode 1

The Stamp is kind of-weekly podcast featuring different New School Free Press reporters, hosted by audio editor Katie Pruden. Illustration by Camila Giraldo

How do you balance feeling dissatisfied with your classes with your passion for the work? For the Free Press’ debut podcast, “The Stamp,” we’re kicking it off with…

Parsons Faculty, Staff Ratify Letter Explaining Vote of ‘No Confidence’ in Executive Dean: Letter Claims Dean of Academic Planning was Forced to Resign

The majority of assembled Parsons School of Design staff and faculty expressed their discontent in the leadership of Executive Dean Rachel Schreiber by way of a vote of no confidence Oct. 20, and have since ratified a letter to the provost explaining the vote. “Following the abrupt, forced resignation of Dean Bourgeois on Monday, October 18th, Executive Dean Schreiber’s communication to full-time faculty and staff on October 19th offered no context or way forward,” the letter, sent on Nov. 9, states. Photo by Emma Donelly-Higgins

On Nov. 9, the Parsons School of Design Faculty and Staff councils ratified by an overwhelming majority a letter to the university Provost, describing the resignation of Dean…

Parsons Staff, Faculty Vote ‘No Confidence’ in Executive Dean Following Sudden Departure of Long-Term Administrator; University Backs Executive Dean

Photo by Katherine Huggins

An overwhelming majority of assembled Parsons School of Design faculty and staff voted to pass a resolution of no confidence in the leadership of Parsons’ Executive Dean Rachel…

Is Online Art School During A Pandemic Worth It?

Illustration by Simon Chen.

A typical day for Ciara Liu, a Parsons fashion design student living in Hong Kong, starts at 2 p.m. and ends at nine in the morning, or 8…

BIPOC Artists and Students Form an Art-Focused Home in Brooklyn

Yetunde Sapp and Yasmine Barboza painting on clothing and making prints that they will sell at a Black business fair at the end of the week. Photo by Elia Griffin.

This August, in the midst of the global pandemic, third-year BA/BFA fashion design and liberal arts student Yetunde Sapp, and her roommate, Rashad Heagle, decided to transform their…