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New School University


United States, Academic Org    (1919 to present)
• Progressive liberal arts university in New York City (See: New School history)
• 1919 : Founded as "New School for Social Research"
• 1933 : Founded the "University in Exile" as a haven for German Jewish academics escaping the Nazis -- Duck | Google | Bing
• 1997 : Name changed to New School University
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KerreyJROfficer
 
StraussLFaculty
 
FrommEFaculty
 
JohnsonASOfficer
 
BarnesHEFaculty
 
DeweyJFounder
 
LaskiHJFaculty
 
RockFoundSupporter
 
SpinoffColumbiaUniv
 
Life ofNewSchoolU
 
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Kerrey, J. Robert (Bob)   (Officer of, 2001 to present) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• President
Strauss, Leo   (Faculty of, 1938 to 1948) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Professor, New School for Social Research -- Duck | Google | Bing
Fromm, Eric   (Faculty of, 1934 to 1939) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Johnson, Alvin S.   (Officer of, 1921 to 1944) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• President
Barnes, Harry Elmer   (Faculty of, 1920 to 1937) -- Duck | Google | Bing
Dewey, John   (Founder of, dates uncertain) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Founder and lecturer
Laski, Harold J.   (Faculty of, dates uncertain) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Guest lecturer
Rockefeller Foundation   (Supporter of, 1933) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Provided funds to establish the "University in Exile" program
Columbia University   (Spinoff of, 1919) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Founded by liberal Columbia professors opposed to WW1