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The New School

Website:

www.newschool.edu/

Location:

New York, NY

Type:

Private Liberal Arts College

Formation:

1919

President:

Joel Towers

Subsidiary Organization(s):

Zolberg Institute on Migration and Mobility

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History

The New School was founded in 1919 by historians Charles Beard and James Harvey Robinson, democratic socialist philosopher John Dewey, and economist Thorstein Veblen. Its first lecturers included economist John Maynard Keynes, philosopher of science Bertrand Russell, and Black historian W.E.B. Du Bois. 13 0){ let parent=divs[divs.length-1].parentNode; let footer=divs[divs.length-1]; delete divs[divs.length-1]; for (let i=2; i