AAUP-TNS stands in solidarity stands in solidarity with the 122 workers, representing 13% of university staff, who were laid off by The New School on October 2, 2020. The cuts represent less than 2% of the purported $130 million shortfall. This is not about securing a future for The New School, but a struggle over power and the kind of university The New School will be in the future!
Read MoreAAUP-TNS has been doing research on the firm that was hired by The New School in its ongoing “reimagining” project. Consult our fact sheet.
Read MoreRead our statement on the Special Voluntary Separation Program (SVSP) that offers early retirement option to about 30% of full-time faculty.
Read MoreAAUP-TNS is committed to working alongside our comrades in The New School Labor Coalition to turn The New School into the workplace and university we need and deserve.
Read MoreRead our first press statement announcing the launch of our chapter and the context under which it was created.
Read MoreRead the joint statement by the X-Divisional Covid-19 Committee and the AAUP-The New School Chapter on the Convening of the Task Force to Explore New Models for Liberal Arts at The New School. The statement outlines criteria for ensuring meaningful participation and shared governance at The New School and demands that the university administration be accountable to faculty, staff, and students during the proposed restructuring of the institution in Fall 2020.
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