Students of The New School (TNS), a private arts school in New York City, are occupying a campus building until their list of various demands are met. The occupation began on December 8 out of support for faculty members on strike for greater wages and healthcare. Although the original strike ended on December 10, students have continued occupying a building after creating a new list of demands. Some of those demands include receiving all A’s, the resignation of school leadership, establishing a “community self-governance,” and others.
From The Daily Caller:
Other demands include reimbursed tuition to compensate for the time instructors were not in the classroom during the strike, a tuition freeze for academic years through 2028, cancelation of fines accumulated by students during the strike, leniency for class time missed for health reasons and free course materials, according to the demand list. The students also demand that the President’s house “be treated as a communal property of [TNS] and used for purposes determined by the non-administrative TNS community” and that “all future members of the President’s Leadership Team be elected by a majority vote that is open to the non-administrative TNS community, who retain the right to recall that appointment.” The demands also state that non-administrative staff receive a pay raise proportional to any raises given to the school’s Board, Provost and President.
