The New School AAUP
@newschoolaaup.bsky.social
The New School Chapter of the American Association of University Professors:
Solidarity, respect, compassion, and collective power! https://linktr.ee/aauptns
Solidarity, respect, compassion, and collective power! https://linktr.ee/aauptns
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"Faculty and staff—who have given decades of their lives to the university—have been given less than two weeks to accept insulting “offers” and pack up as early as January 2, 2026."
Please support our colleagues at @newschoolaaup.bsky.social
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Please support our colleagues at @newschoolaaup.bsky.social
actionnetwork.org/letters/stop...
Stop the Cuts at the New School
The restructuring proposed by the New School’s upper administration will harm faculty, students and the larger New School community. Faculty and staff—who have given decades of their lives to the univ...
actionnetwork.org
We need to flood them with letters now. Write today!
AAUP-TNS explains how the New School is vanguard in its approach to cuts, but its a model that will be rolled out elsewhere. Our fight is your fight!
Solidarity is the only way forward, and no data or consultant can control or manipulate it.
Join our struggle today: linktr.ee/aauptns
Solidarity is the only way forward, and no data or consultant can control or manipulate it.
Join our struggle today: linktr.ee/aauptns
The fight against austerity at The New School is connected to other fights in higher ed challenging admins that hire Huron, a consulting firm that offers data to justify budget cuts & faculty layoffs.
Ujju Aggarwal of AAUP-TNS says that solidarity across AAUP chapters & unions is the way forward.
Ujju Aggarwal of AAUP-TNS says that solidarity across AAUP chapters & unions is the way forward.
December 14, 2025 at 6:18 PM
AAUP-TNS explains how the New School is vanguard in its approach to cuts, but its a model that will be rolled out elsewhere. Our fight is your fight!
Solidarity is the only way forward, and no data or consultant can control or manipulate it.
Join our struggle today: linktr.ee/aauptns
Solidarity is the only way forward, and no data or consultant can control or manipulate it.
Join our struggle today: linktr.ee/aauptns
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Our most recent AAUP TV episode, "Fighting Extreme Austerity Attacks at The New School," features faculty from AAUP - TNS who discuss the ongoing crisis at The New School and how organized higher ed workers are fighting back.
Full episode here👇
Full episode here👇
Fighting Extreme Austerity Attacks at The New School
YouTube video by TheAAUP
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December 14, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Our most recent AAUP TV episode, "Fighting Extreme Austerity Attacks at The New School," features faculty from AAUP - TNS who discuss the ongoing crisis at The New School and how organized higher ed workers are fighting back.
Full episode here👇
Full episode here👇
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Calling all students, parents, and friends of the New School! Send the Board a letter TODAY - the deadline for us to enroll in voluntary separation and early retirement approaches!
Tell them to stop the cuts and chop from the top!
To send a quick letter go to linktr.ee/aauptns
Tell them to stop the cuts and chop from the top!
To send a quick letter go to linktr.ee/aauptns
December 14, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Calling all students, parents, and friends of the New School! Send the Board a letter TODAY - the deadline for us to enroll in voluntary separation and early retirement approaches!
Tell them to stop the cuts and chop from the top!
To send a quick letter go to linktr.ee/aauptns
Tell them to stop the cuts and chop from the top!
To send a quick letter go to linktr.ee/aauptns
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The New School was founded by Columbia University professors who wanted a university run by the faculty with minimal administration. For over 100 years it has been a unique institution with progressive values and incredible students and faculty from Ai Weiwei to Hannah Arendt. We are devastated.
Last week, the New School issued voluntary separation & early retirement offers to 40% of the full-time faculty & the majority of non-union staff. These cuts to the bone are an ideological attempt to decimate historic spaces of critical inquiry & social justice. Share our statement tr.ee/qQBIDCpIuj
OFFICIAL Statement from AAUP-TNS on Cuts to Faculty and Staff 12-9-25
The New School - Austerity Cuts to the Bone A Statement from the Leadership Council of AAUP-TNS On December 3, 2025, New School President Joel Towers and Provost Richard Kessler issued voluntary sep...
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December 14, 2025 at 3:05 AM
The New School was founded by Columbia University professors who wanted a university run by the faculty with minimal administration. For over 100 years it has been a unique institution with progressive values and incredible students and faculty from Ai Weiwei to Hannah Arendt. We are devastated.
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This is a destructive attack on one of the greatest institutions.
Last week, the New School issued voluntary separation & early retirement offers to 40% of the full-time faculty & the majority of non-union staff. These cuts to the bone are an ideological attempt to decimate historic spaces of critical inquiry & social justice. Share our statement tr.ee/qQBIDCpIuj
OFFICIAL Statement from AAUP-TNS on Cuts to Faculty and Staff 12-9-25
The New School - Austerity Cuts to the Bone A Statement from the Leadership Council of AAUP-TNS On December 3, 2025, New School President Joel Towers and Provost Richard Kessler issued voluntary sep...
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December 14, 2025 at 9:23 AM
This is a destructive attack on one of the greatest institutions.
Calling all students, parents, and friends of the New School! Send the Board a letter TODAY - the deadline for us to enroll in voluntary separation and early retirement approaches!
Tell them to stop the cuts and chop from the top!
To send a quick letter go to linktr.ee/aauptns
Tell them to stop the cuts and chop from the top!
To send a quick letter go to linktr.ee/aauptns
December 14, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Calling all students, parents, and friends of the New School! Send the Board a letter TODAY - the deadline for us to enroll in voluntary separation and early retirement approaches!
Tell them to stop the cuts and chop from the top!
To send a quick letter go to linktr.ee/aauptns
Tell them to stop the cuts and chop from the top!
To send a quick letter go to linktr.ee/aauptns
Last week, the New School issued voluntary separation & early retirement offers to 40% of the full-time faculty & the majority of non-union staff. These cuts to the bone are an ideological attempt to decimate historic spaces of critical inquiry & social justice. Share our statement tr.ee/qQBIDCpIuj
OFFICIAL Statement from AAUP-TNS on Cuts to Faculty and Staff 12-9-25
The New School - Austerity Cuts to the Bone A Statement from the Leadership Council of AAUP-TNS On December 3, 2025, New School President Joel Towers and Provost Richard Kessler issued voluntary sep...
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December 14, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Last week, the New School issued voluntary separation & early retirement offers to 40% of the full-time faculty & the majority of non-union staff. These cuts to the bone are an ideological attempt to decimate historic spaces of critical inquiry & social justice. Share our statement tr.ee/qQBIDCpIuj
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We need to flood them with letters now. Write today!
"Faculty and staff—who have given decades of their lives to the university—have been given less than two weeks to accept insulting “offers” and pack up as early as January 2, 2026."
Please support our colleagues at @newschoolaaup.bsky.social
actionnetwork.org/letters/stop...
Please support our colleagues at @newschoolaaup.bsky.social
actionnetwork.org/letters/stop...
Stop the Cuts at the New School
The restructuring proposed by the New School’s upper administration will harm faculty, students and the larger New School community. Faculty and staff—who have given decades of their lives to the univ...
actionnetwork.org
December 13, 2025 at 6:34 PM
We need to flood them with letters now. Write today!
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Higher ed workers at The New School are rejecting the admin's strategies of divide and conquer to mount a unified challenge to austerity.
In this AAUP TV episode, Laura Liu of AAUP-TNS talks about how faculty, students & staff come together despite weaponized employment contracts that divide them.
In this AAUP TV episode, Laura Liu of AAUP-TNS talks about how faculty, students & staff come together despite weaponized employment contracts that divide them.
December 13, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Higher ed workers at The New School are rejecting the admin's strategies of divide and conquer to mount a unified challenge to austerity.
In this AAUP TV episode, Laura Liu of AAUP-TNS talks about how faculty, students & staff come together despite weaponized employment contracts that divide them.
In this AAUP TV episode, Laura Liu of AAUP-TNS talks about how faculty, students & staff come together despite weaponized employment contracts that divide them.
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If the so-called leaders of the New School had actually learned from the university’s history (instead of just endlessly recounting it), they would be seeking ways to provide an institutional safe-haven for another group of political dissidents from Columbia U.
The extreme, ideologically-driven, fast, furious, economically reckless decisions being made by New School president & provost are NOT the simple consequence of economic need. they're a malicious disaster and must be stopped... an assault on critical thought.
December 12, 2025 at 5:24 PM
If the so-called leaders of the New School had actually learned from the university’s history (instead of just endlessly recounting it), they would be seeking ways to provide an institutional safe-haven for another group of political dissidents from Columbia U.
Reposted by The New School AAUP
"Faculty and staff—who have given decades of their lives to the university—have been given less than two weeks to accept insulting “offers” and pack up as early as January 2, 2026."
Please support our colleagues at @newschoolaaup.bsky.social
actionnetwork.org/letters/stop...
Please support our colleagues at @newschoolaaup.bsky.social
actionnetwork.org/letters/stop...
Stop the Cuts at the New School
The restructuring proposed by the New School’s upper administration will harm faculty, students and the larger New School community. Faculty and staff—who have given decades of their lives to the univ...
actionnetwork.org
December 13, 2025 at 6:15 PM
"Faculty and staff—who have given decades of their lives to the university—have been given less than two weeks to accept insulting “offers” and pack up as early as January 2, 2026."
Please support our colleagues at @newschoolaaup.bsky.social
actionnetwork.org/letters/stop...
Please support our colleagues at @newschoolaaup.bsky.social
actionnetwork.org/letters/stop...
We need to flood them with letters now. Write today!
"Faculty and staff—who have given decades of their lives to the university—have been given less than two weeks to accept insulting “offers” and pack up as early as January 2, 2026."
Please support our colleagues at @newschoolaaup.bsky.social
actionnetwork.org/letters/stop...
Please support our colleagues at @newschoolaaup.bsky.social
actionnetwork.org/letters/stop...
Stop the Cuts at the New School
The restructuring proposed by the New School’s upper administration will harm faculty, students and the larger New School community. Faculty and staff—who have given decades of their lives to the univ...
actionnetwork.org
December 13, 2025 at 6:34 PM
We need to flood them with letters now. Write today!
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In our most recent AAUP TV episode, Jeremy Varon, Prof of History and AAUP The New School Leadership Council member, discusses the university administration's proposal to terminate up to 40% of full-time faculty.
The proposed layoffs will be catastrophic for faculty, students, and staff.
The proposed layoffs will be catastrophic for faculty, students, and staff.
December 12, 2025 at 8:58 PM
In our most recent AAUP TV episode, Jeremy Varon, Prof of History and AAUP The New School Leadership Council member, discusses the university administration's proposal to terminate up to 40% of full-time faculty.
The proposed layoffs will be catastrophic for faculty, students, and staff.
The proposed layoffs will be catastrophic for faculty, students, and staff.
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Something stinks at The New School.
Between ’22 & ‘23, numerous high-level admin received large raises: President Joel Towers ( 11.6% to $417,000), exec dean Richard Kessler (11.7%, to $469,000), & provost Rene White (10.9%, to over $712,000).
Now they’re broke? 🤔
@newschoolaaup.bsky.social
Between ’22 & ‘23, numerous high-level admin received large raises: President Joel Towers ( 11.6% to $417,000), exec dean Richard Kessler (11.7%, to $469,000), & provost Rene White (10.9%, to over $712,000).
Now they’re broke? 🤔
@newschoolaaup.bsky.social
Protests Arise as New York’s New School Threatens Severe Cuts to Staffing and Programs
Faculty and students are protesting as New York's New School for Social Research is threatening major layoffs to deal with a $48 million deficit.
www.artnews.com
December 12, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Something stinks at The New School.
Between ’22 & ‘23, numerous high-level admin received large raises: President Joel Towers ( 11.6% to $417,000), exec dean Richard Kessler (11.7%, to $469,000), & provost Rene White (10.9%, to over $712,000).
Now they’re broke? 🤔
@newschoolaaup.bsky.social
Between ’22 & ‘23, numerous high-level admin received large raises: President Joel Towers ( 11.6% to $417,000), exec dean Richard Kessler (11.7%, to $469,000), & provost Rene White (10.9%, to over $712,000).
Now they’re broke? 🤔
@newschoolaaup.bsky.social
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New School AAUP president Jeremy Varon called the cuts “an ideological attempt to decimate historic spaces of critical inquiry & social justice.” He said the humanities & social sciences would be “purged” under the plan.
Great piece out today on the crisis at The New School in the @gothamist.com:
Great piece out today on the crisis at The New School in the @gothamist.com:
The New School faces identity crisis amid planned layoffs, reorganization
The storied leftist university faces a $48 million deficit.
gothamist.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:42 PM
New School AAUP president Jeremy Varon called the cuts “an ideological attempt to decimate historic spaces of critical inquiry & social justice.” He said the humanities & social sciences would be “purged” under the plan.
Great piece out today on the crisis at The New School in the @gothamist.com:
Great piece out today on the crisis at The New School in the @gothamist.com:
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Happening now! Hear from @newschoolaaup.bsky.social faculty and @aaup.org national allies fighting back against austerity atracks on The New School www.youtube.com/live/RcTxJTd...
December 12, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Happening now! Hear from @newschoolaaup.bsky.social faculty and @aaup.org national allies fighting back against austerity atracks on The New School www.youtube.com/live/RcTxJTd...
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Thx friends @adamtooze.bsky.social, @astra.bsky.social, @mollycrabapple.bsky.social, @alybatt.bsky.social, @stefeich.bsky.social, @danielloick.bsky.social & others who signed condemning malicious cuts at The New School @newschoolaaup.bsky.social @aaup.org Join them! docs.google.com/document/d/1...
TNS Community and Supporters Demand: Stop The Cuts!
To President Towers and The New School Board of Trustees: We, the undersigned members of The New School community and supporters, write to demand you put an immediate halt to planned downsizing, layo...
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December 11, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Thx friends @adamtooze.bsky.social, @astra.bsky.social, @mollycrabapple.bsky.social, @alybatt.bsky.social, @stefeich.bsky.social, @danielloick.bsky.social & others who signed condemning malicious cuts at The New School @newschoolaaup.bsky.social @aaup.org Join them! docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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AAUP is livestreaming the rally and press conference against extreme austerity measures and the proposed termination of 40% of full-time faculty at The New School right now.
Watch here:
www.youtube.com/live/iT2HhjU...
Watch here:
www.youtube.com/live/iT2HhjU...
AAUP TV LIVESTREAM: Rally Against Extreme Austerity Measures Outside Board of Trustees Meeting
YouTube video by TheAAUP
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December 10, 2025 at 9:33 PM
AAUP is livestreaming the rally and press conference against extreme austerity measures and the proposed termination of 40% of full-time faculty at The New School right now.
Watch here:
www.youtube.com/live/iT2HhjU...
Watch here:
www.youtube.com/live/iT2HhjU...
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"The New School is the only university in the country with a world-recognized art and design school and a Research 2 designation. By gutting the humanities, the administration is eliminating what makes the school unique."
- Heather Davis, AAUP The New School
@newschoolaaup.bsky.social
- Heather Davis, AAUP The New School
@newschoolaaup.bsky.social
Hundreds Rally Against Sweeping Cuts at New School
Around 40% of full-time faculty were offered buyouts and programs are on the chopping block as the university faces a $48M deficit.
hyperallergic.com
December 11, 2025 at 2:57 PM
"The New School is the only university in the country with a world-recognized art and design school and a Research 2 designation. By gutting the humanities, the administration is eliminating what makes the school unique."
- Heather Davis, AAUP The New School
@newschoolaaup.bsky.social
- Heather Davis, AAUP The New School
@newschoolaaup.bsky.social
"Hundreds rallied outside the New School during a board meeting today to protest sweeping faculty and program cuts that many say will be devastating to the century-old institution’s progressive social research mission." @hyperallergic.com
hyperallergic.com/hundreds-ral...
hyperallergic.com/hundreds-ral...
Hundreds Rally Against Sweeping Cuts at New School
Around 40% of full-time faculty were offered buyouts and programs are on the chopping block as the university faces a $48M deficit.
hyperallergic.com
December 11, 2025 at 2:37 AM
"Hundreds rallied outside the New School during a board meeting today to protest sweeping faculty and program cuts that many say will be devastating to the century-old institution’s progressive social research mission." @hyperallergic.com
hyperallergic.com/hundreds-ral...
hyperallergic.com/hundreds-ral...
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Massive turnout of organized higher ed workers to protest the brutal austerity measures proposed by The New School management ✊
@newschoolaaup.bsky.social
@newschoolaaup.bsky.social
December 10, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Massive turnout of organized higher ed workers to protest the brutal austerity measures proposed by The New School management ✊
@newschoolaaup.bsky.social
@newschoolaaup.bsky.social
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Sign on to this petition demanding that management at The New School stop the devastating budget cuts, which propose a massive layoff of 40% of full-time faculty⬇️
@newschoolaaup.bsky.social
@newschoolaaup.bsky.social
SIGN ON: Petition Demanding TNS Management Stop The Cuts
Sign on to demand transparency and accountability for our students, staff, and faculty.
Find the petition here.
Questions? Email us at jgeiger@actuaw.org
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December 10, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Sign on to this petition demanding that management at The New School stop the devastating budget cuts, which propose a massive layoff of 40% of full-time faculty⬇️
@newschoolaaup.bsky.social
@newschoolaaup.bsky.social
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Tune in for another episode of AAUP TV tomorrow, Thursday, December 11 @ 7 PM ET.
Chenjerai Kumanyika, AAUP National Council Member, and Todd Wolfson, AAUP President, will discuss the organized effort to fight extreme austerity attacks at The New School.
Tune in on YouTube (link in thread).
Chenjerai Kumanyika, AAUP National Council Member, and Todd Wolfson, AAUP President, will discuss the organized effort to fight extreme austerity attacks at The New School.
Tune in on YouTube (link in thread).
December 10, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Tune in for another episode of AAUP TV tomorrow, Thursday, December 11 @ 7 PM ET.
Chenjerai Kumanyika, AAUP National Council Member, and Todd Wolfson, AAUP President, will discuss the organized effort to fight extreme austerity attacks at The New School.
Tune in on YouTube (link in thread).
Chenjerai Kumanyika, AAUP National Council Member, and Todd Wolfson, AAUP President, will discuss the organized effort to fight extreme austerity attacks at The New School.
Tune in on YouTube (link in thread).
TODAY! 4PM!
CUT THE CUTS Rally at The New School!
• SUSPEND “realignment” measures
• RESCIND all “voluntary separation package agreements”
• CAP on salaries over $200,000
• CALL on the Board of Trustees to hold a public meeting with the entire university community
Livestream link below.
CUT THE CUTS Rally at The New School!
• SUSPEND “realignment” measures
• RESCIND all “voluntary separation package agreements”
• CAP on salaries over $200,000
• CALL on the Board of Trustees to hold a public meeting with the entire university community
Livestream link below.
December 10, 2025 at 2:31 PM
TODAY! 4PM!
CUT THE CUTS Rally at The New School!
• SUSPEND “realignment” measures
• RESCIND all “voluntary separation package agreements”
• CAP on salaries over $200,000
• CALL on the Board of Trustees to hold a public meeting with the entire university community
Livestream link below.
CUT THE CUTS Rally at The New School!
• SUSPEND “realignment” measures
• RESCIND all “voluntary separation package agreements”
• CAP on salaries over $200,000
• CALL on the Board of Trustees to hold a public meeting with the entire university community
Livestream link below.
New School AAUP president Jeremy Varon called the cuts “an ideological attempt to decimate historic spaces of critical inquiry & social justice.” He said the humanities & social sciences would be “purged” under the plan.
Great piece out today on the crisis at The New School in the @gothamist.com:
Great piece out today on the crisis at The New School in the @gothamist.com:
The New School faces identity crisis amid planned layoffs, reorganization
The storied leftist university faces a $48 million deficit.
gothamist.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:42 PM
New School AAUP president Jeremy Varon called the cuts “an ideological attempt to decimate historic spaces of critical inquiry & social justice.” He said the humanities & social sciences would be “purged” under the plan.
Great piece out today on the crisis at The New School in the @gothamist.com:
Great piece out today on the crisis at The New School in the @gothamist.com: