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1 week agoNew School Faculty React to Plans to Lay Off 15% of Workforce
The New School plans to lay off 15% of faculty and staff due to a projected $48 million deficit.
Hundreds rallied outside the New School during a board meeting today, December 10, to protest sweeping faculty and program cuts that many say will be devastating to the century-old institution's progressive social research mission. At 4 pm today,around 300students, staff, and supporters gathered outside 66 West 12th Street, which houses the offices of President Joel Towers and Provost Richard Kessler. "Short on money, high on power, we don't trust Joel Towers," New School students and faculty chanted underneath the university building's scaffolding.