After two weeks of canceled classes, the New School and the union representing its part-time faculty will meet with a mediator on Sunday afternoon and again on Monday to work toward an agreement.
Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2022.After two weeks of canceled classes, the New School and the union representing its part-time faculty will meet with a mediatorPart-time faculty who are members of ACT-United Auto Workers Local 7902 have been on strike since Nov. 16 and rejected the school’s “last, best and final” offer by a 1,821-88 vote on Thursday. Part-time faculty make up 82% of the New School’s faculty, according to the university.
Beverly Dantz has a daughter, Kayla, in her third year at the New School, the year Dantz described as closest to normalcy after the COVID-19 pandemic canceled Kayla’s in-person high school graduation and required her to begin her college experience at home through a computer. Kayla studies fashion design at the New School and needs to use the knitting machine to finish her final project, but cannot use it while the strike is ongoing.
In a statement, the New School wrote that it understands the frustration the part-time faculty’s strike has caused for students and parents, but contends that the union’s contract demands would create a $125 million deficit for the university. But “it’s not just about pay, we’re really asking the university to live up to the values that draw people to be at the New School,” Lovell said.
“The Reviewer may be assigned to a student in the Bachelor of Music in Orchestral Instruments. The Reviewer need not have a background in ear training or percussion but should be able to review the stated learning outcomes – or discuss learning expectations with the student if the syllabus does not articulate learning outcomes – and determine sufficient progress,” the email states.
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