Dining Dollars

Students who live at Loeb Hall, Stuyvesant Park, 13th Street, and 20th Street are automatically enrolled in the Dining Dollars program.  The charge for this program is added to the student bill at the beginning of each semester. All New School cafeterias accept Dining Dollars. When you are ready to pay, swipe your newcard at the cash register and the cost of your transaction is deducted from your Dining Dollars account.  Under New York State tax law, sponsored meal plans are exempt from sales taxes. If you live in one of these residences and can prove you have a religious requirement or medical condition, you may be exempted from participation in Dining Dollars.  

Any money left in your Dining Dollars account at the end of the fall semester rolls forward to the spring semester, but all remaining balances at the end of the spring semester will be forfeited. Funds cannot be added to your Dining Dollars account. If you spend all of your Dining Dollars, you can add funds to your newcardcash account. See details about the newcardcash program below.  

Dining Dollars Refunds

Dining Dollars are nonrefundable. If you move out of a residence that requires enrollment in the Dining Dollars program during the school year, you might be granted a partial refund, depending on the circumstances.  Refunds will be made through student accounts. 

newcardcash Program

Join the newcardcash program and turn your university ID into a debit card that can be used at venues on and off campus. To deposit funds into your newcardcash account, log on to my.newschool.edu, select the “Student” tab, and choose the “Meal Plans and newcardcash” option. Funds can also be added to your account by visiting newcardcash.newschool.edu. Other people can be authorized to deposit funds into your account online. To put money into your account in person, visit Campus Card Services at 66 West 12th Street, room 409.  

newcardcash balances do not expire; they roll forward from semester to semester and remain in your account until they are spent or until you permanently separate from the university. You cannot withdraw cash from your account while at The New School. 

All New School cafeterias accept newcardcash, and purchases made in these venues will not be taxed. Off campus, your newcard acts just like any other debit card; purchases are subject to applicable taxes.  

newcardcash Refunds

Balances greater than $25.00 will be returned when you graduate, withdraw, or permanently separate from The New School and once all debts owed to the university are paid. There is a $25.00 fee for processing a refund, so balances less than this amount will be forfeited. Refunds are processed through student accounts and mailed to the permanent address on file four to six weeks after the request is made.
Download the refund form (PDF). 

On-Campus Venues Accepting newcardcash

Off-Campus Merchant Program

The off-campus merchant program makes local shopping and dining easier by allowing members of the New School community to use their newcards as debit cards at the establishments listed in the chart below.