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Students and Faculty Report Continued Building Access Despite Missing Two-Week Testing Mark

ACCESSING CAMPUS IN THE PANDEMIC — The New School’s 55 W. 13th St. location, Arnhold Hall, features turnstiles that students and faculty must tap with their ID cards to open. The electronic system should not let through individuals who have not uploaded up-to-date negative COVID-19 test results to their Student Health Services portal, but this is not always the case. “I was able to access campus for the one day that I had to even though my access was red [revoked due to insufficient testing],” said Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts first-year Theo Lim-Jisra. Photo by Stevie Rowley

As The New School enters its fourth week of classes, at least five known students and one faculty member have been able to enter campus buildings despite failing…

The New School Leaves Majority of Faculty to Pay More for Healthcare in the Pandemic

Illustration by Ally Santana

Part-time New School faculty are upset about changes the university made to their health insurance that they say has raised costs and lowered the ability to receive quality…

University Plans to Improve Website, Simplify Billing Process, and Increase Student Engagement after Student Outrage with Financial Aid

Illustration by Ally Santana

The New School has heard the complaints of students about the financial aid office and plans to introduce several changes, administrators told The New School Free Press in…

What We Know About The New School’s Fall Reopening So Far

Illustration by Ally Santana

The New School is currently planning to reopen campus for the Fall 2021 semester with mostly in-person classes. Official plans are not yet finalized but we can expect…

Dating Apps, Zoom and Facetime: How New Schoolers are Dating During the Pandemic

Dating is difficult in the best of times, but New Schoolers say meeting your potential new soulmate in the middle of a pandemic comes with a whole new…