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.
Tag: Town Hall
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…
Editorial
Alvin Johnson, The New School’s first director, was a visionary by almost all accounts. A renowned economist and former editor of the New Republic, Johnson was a founding…
Faculty Concerns over Curriculum Changes Continue
As skirmishes over curriculum changes at Parsons continue between part-time faculty and administrators, two of The New School’s other divisions are experiencing changes of their own. On April…
Financially Flawed: The New School’s Troubling Lack of Transparency
There is something very curious about an institution that constantly touts its commitment to democratic citizenship and public engagement, but refuses to share even basic information about how…
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…