THE NEW SCHOOL FOR DRAMA NAMES JOHN TURTURRO
ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE
The New School for Drama has announced that award-winning actor John Turturro will be the distinguished Artist-in-Residence for the 2008—09 academic year. Turturro is the recipient of a multitude of awards and accolades for his extensive acting work in theater, film, and television. Most recently, he was nominated for a SAG Award for his portrayal of Billy Martin in ESPN's The Bronx Is Burning, and starred in Samuel Beckett's Endgame atthe Brooklyn Academy of Music to critical acclaim.
Turturro will teach several master classes in the fall and spring semesters. Moderated by New School Drama Director Robert LuPone, Turturro will address the drama school in a town hall meeting, where he will describe his stage and film experiences and answer student questions. “I am looking forward to the opportunity to support the artistic growth of students at The New School for Drama,” said Turturro of his residency, which will coincide with his filming Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen. “I hope my experiences, including both the obstacles and successes, will connect with them and help them find their path in this challenging industry.”
Turturro studied at the Yale School of Drama. In his theatrical debut, he created the title role of John Patrick Shanley's Danny and the Deep Blue Sea, for which he won an Obie Award and a Theater World Award. Turturro has performed in more than 60 films. Most recently, he appeared in Robert De Niro's The Good Shepherd,Michael Bay’s Transformers,Noah Baumbach's Margot at the Wedding,andBarry Levinson's What Just Happened? He just finished filming Columbia Pictures’ The Taking of Pelham One Two Three opposite Denzel Washington and John Travolta.
TOP LABOR ECONOMIST TO PRESENT FIFTH ANNUAL ROBERT HEILBRONER MEMORIAL LECTURE ON THE FUTURE OF CAPITALISM
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In memory of Robert Heilbroner, a renowned economist at The New School for Social Research, The New School’s Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis (SCEPA) will host Sanford Jacoby, the Howard Noble Professor of Management at UCLA’s Anderson School of Management, to present a lecture on the future of capitalism. Professor Jacoby, a historian and economist, will present his paper, titled “Finance and Labor: Perspectives on Risk, Inequality, and Democracy,” in which he argues that social protest and severe populist regulation of the financial industry are likely outcomes of unchecked income and wealth disparities.
The lecture will be followed by a discussion with distinguished economists from three walks of life, including government, the labor movement and Wall Street. Charles Jeszeck is a 23-year veteran with the U.S. Government Accountability Office who has led the Congressional watchdog group’s research on national pension policy and Social Security reform. Mark Levinson, chief economist and director of policy at UNITE-HERE, has worked as an economist for labor organizations for the past 23 years and helped set up the New York-based think tank, the Fiscal Policy Institute. Peter Rappoport, research analyst at JPMorgan, is a leading expert on collateralized debt markets, previously taught economics at Rutgers University and NYU, and he worked at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
The event will be held on September 10, beginning at 6:00 p.m. in Wollman Hall at the Eugene Lang Building, 65 West 11th Street, 5th floor. Admission is free, but RSVP is required by calling 212.229.5901 x4911, or emailing cepa@newschool.edu.
CONVOCATION TO BE HELD ON SEPTEMBER 4
New School students, faculty, and staff are invited to mark the opening of the 2008-09 academic year at the Convocation Ceremony on Thursday, September 4, 3:00 p.m., at Tishman Auditorium, 66 West 12th Street. The program will include a welcome from President Bob Kerrey, remarks from Provost Joseph Westphal. and the presentation of the Distinguished University Teaching Awards. Alice Crary, associate professor of Philosophy at The New School for Social Research, will give this year’s Aims of Education address.
The 2008 Distinguished University Teaching Awards will be presented to Steven Faerm, Parsons The New School for Design; Rachel Heiman, The New School for General Studies; Marcel Kinsbourne, The New School for Social Research; and Lisa Servon, Milano The New School for Management and Urban Policy.
The 12th Annual Welcome Block Party will immediately follow the ceremony on West 12th Street.
Updated information on this year’s Convocation is available on the University’s website.
JOSEPH WESTPHAL NAMED PROVOST AND SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT FOR RESEARCH OF
THE NEW SCHOOL
The New School is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Joseph Westphal as the university’s new provost and senior vice president for research.
As provost, Dr. Westphal is the chief academic officer of the university and the university’s senior academic policy official. The provost reports to the president and the university’s board of trustees and is responsible for the university’s academic planning, policy, and institutional research. Dr. Westphal also supervises all of the university’s institutes and centers, oversees all undergraduate and graduate programs, and, in cooperation with the university’s executive vice president, ensures the budget and financial plan supporting the mission and priorities of the university.
As senior vice president for research, Dr. Westphal oversees the university’s research efforts and works with the university’s Development Office to help identify funding opportunities and assist faculty with the development of research proposals.
Prior to this appointment, Dr. Westphal served as the vice president and director of the Tishman Environmental Design Center where, working with the Office of the Provost, he established the two newest undergraduate programs—the BA and BS—in Environmental Studies at The New School. Dr. Westphal will continue to serve as a professor of Environmental Studies.
Prior to coming to The New School, Dr. Westphal was chancellor of the University of Maine System and tenured university system professor of political science. The Maine System is composed of seven universities and 10 community education centers with a total enrollment of more than 35,000 students and an annual budget of approximately $700 million. He spent 12 years on the faculty of Oklahoma State University where he also served as head of the department of political science.
Dr. Westphal also has a distinguished career in government serving in several administrations in such departments as Interior, EPA, and Defense where he was head of the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers, followed by a brief tenure as the secretary of the army. He spent more than 10 years working in the U.S. Congress on issues related to the environment, trade, and the economy. While in Washington, Dr. Westphal was an adjunct professor of political science at Georgetown University. He has a BA from Adelphi University and a PhD in political science from the University of Missouri-Columbia.
TWO NEW DEANS APPOINTED AT THE NEW SCHOOL
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The New School is pleased to announce the appointments of Neil Gordon and Lisa Servon as Dean of Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts and Dean of Milano The New School for Management and Urban Policy, respectively.
Neil Gordon has been a full-time faculty member at Lang College since 2004, having joined The New School in 2002 as a part-time faculty member. He is professor of writing and was awarded tenure last fall. Mr. Gordon has served as the chair of Writing at Lang and was the co-chair of Writing and Literature. In his five years of teaching at The New School, he has been credited with moving the writing program to a curriculum that is grounded in an expansive and inclusive liberal arts vision. He has also served as an active member on several committees, including the University Faculty Senate.
Dr. Gordon is the author of three published novels and another under review. He has published over 20 distinguished essays and dozens of book reviews, many appearing in the New York Times Book Review. Dr. Gordon is also the literary editor of the Boston Review. In 2004, he was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and Notable Book of the Year in the New York Times for his book The Company You Keep (Viking and Penguin 2004.) He holds a PhD in French from Yale University and a BA in English from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
Lisa Servon came to Milano in 2001. During her time at the school, she has been associate director of the Community Development Research Center and director of the Community Development Finance Project. In both of these roles she brought resources to the university for research and program support, and she has particularly supported students with her grants and other awards. In 2007, The New School recognized her accomplishments by making her one of the first two tenure appointments in Milano’s history.
Dr. Servon is an internationally known scholar in the areas of community economic development and urban poverty policy. Her work focuses in particular on issues of racial and gender equity, and she is a leading expert on U.S. microenterprise development programs. She has held the position of senior research fellow at PolicyLink, the New America Foundation, and the Center for Work Life Policy. Dr. Servon is the author of numerous journal articles, two books, and co-editor of a third, Gender and Planning: A Reader, which won the Planetizen award for one of the top 10 books of 2006. She holds a PhD in Urban Planning from the University of California, Berkeley, an MA in History of Art from the University of Pennsylvania, and a BA in Political Science from Bryn Mawr College.
Candidates for The New School Honorary Degrees
The university expects to present six honorary degrees at its May 2009 commencement exercises. Awardees are accomplished in their field and are generally chosen from a discipline that represents the various schools and programs of the university. Honorary degrees will be awarded from the categories listed below. Candidates do not have to be graduates of The New School.
Categories:
- The Arts: Classical Music, Jazz/Contemporary Music, Theater, Film, Television, Writing, Visual Arts
- Design, Journalism
- The Humanities and Social Sciences
- The Natural Sciences
- Public Life and Government
Nominations for honorary degree candidates and University in Exile Award candidates are welcome and should be submitted no later than Friday, October 24, 2008. For additional details to nominate candidates for either an honorary degree or the University in Exile Award, please go to the University Commencement Website.
NEWS FROM THE NEW SCHOOL FOR GENERAL STUDIES
The Observatory on Latin America: The Forum of Presidents
Food, Energy, and Social Justice in Latin America
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| Cristina Fernández de Kirchner | Evo Morales |
Presidents Cristina Fernández de Kirchner of Argentina and Evo Morales of Bolivia participate in the Forum of Presidents, sponsored by the Observatory on Latin America (OLA). Together, they’ll provide an unfiltered view of the challenges they face as leaders, including how to fulfill a long-term agenda of social justice while balancing the short-term needs of a global market facing growing economic instability due to increasing food and fuel costs.
Kirchner, the first woman elected president in Argentina, and Morales, the first indigenous leader elected in Latin America, are part of a growing political movement to redefine the region’s economic and social policies to improve the lives of their citizens. Each has worked to reduce poverty and inequality by introducing national programs that stress public investment in social programs such as health care and education. However, both leaders find their domestic agenda and spending priorities under pressure from a growing economic crisis and international demands for Argentina’s exports of soy, corn, and wheat, and Bolivia’s natural gas.
This event is sponsored by the Observatory on Latin America (OLA) a university-wide initiative of The New School, with support from founding partners the Alexander Family Foundation and Julien Studley. The event will be held in Spanish with simultaneous English translation. Following the event, the forum will be webcast on www.fora.tv/partner/new_school.
The event takes place on Monday, September 22, at 6:00 p.m., in Tishman Auditorium, Alvin Johnson/J.M. Kaplan Hall, 66 West 12th Street. Admission is free, but seating is limited and reservations are required; email boxoffice@newschool.edu to reserve seats.
FOOD WRITING FORUM: GASTRONOMICA
On Tuesday, September 9, at 6:30 p.m., the Writing Program and the Food Studies Program will host a reading and discussion of Gastronomica, The Journal of Food and Culture Magazine Founding Editor Darra Goldstein and contributors Sarah A. Odisheo and Arlo Crawford will be on hand to discuss the publication, which seeks to encourage thoughtful reflection on the
history, literature, representation, and cultural impact of food. Founded in 2001, Gastronomica is a quarterly journal that features scholarship, poetry, humor, fiction, and photography exploring current themes of food and culture.
The forum will be moderated by Luis Jaramillo, associate chair, The New School Writing Program. This event is part of the food writing forum, a series of panel discussions that explore food writing and literature. The event will take place in Wollman Hall, 65 West 11th Street, 5th Floor. For more information on Gastronomica, please visit their website.
DISCUSSION ON INEQUALITY AND AMERICAN DEMOCRACY
Lewis Lapham, editor Lapham's Quarterly; Thomas Frank, author, The Wrecking Crew: How Conservatives Rule; and Hamilton Fish, president, The Nation Institute, will discuss inequality and American Democracy on Monday, September 8, 7:00 p.m., at Barnes and Noble bookstore, Union Square, 33 East 17th Street. Admission is Free.
This event is presented in conjunction with the Riggio Writing & Democracy Program at The New School and Barnes and Noble. A book signing will follow the discussion.
NEWS FROM PARSONS THE NEW SCHOOL FOR DESIGN
INTERIOR DESIGN FACULTY RECEIVE AIA NEW PRACTICE AWARDS
Phillippe Baumann, principal of Baumann Architecture, and Alfred Zollinger, principal of Matter Architecture, were two of six winners of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) New Practices New York portfolio competition. Baumann has taught a representation class in the AAS Interior Design Program since 2000, while Zollinger is an assistant professor of Interior Design. New Practices New York serves as a platform for recognizing and promoting new, innovative, and emerging architecture firms within New York City that have undertaken unique and commendable strategies—both in projects and practices.
From the 52 portfolios submitted, the New Practices Committee—consisting of Amale Andraos (Work AC), Jennifer Carpenter (TRUCK), Peter Eisenman (Eisenman Architects), William Menking (Architect’s Newspaper) and Charles Renfro (Diller Scofidio + Renfro)—chose the six most promising firms.
Baumann founded Baumann Architecture in 2000, an award-winning internationally recognized full-service architectural firm, specializing in meticulously designed and detailed residential and commercial projects. Projects currently under construction include a steel house in upstate New York and an ecologically resilient country residence. Matter Architecture Practice is a New York-based architecture and exhibition-design firm. Matter has completed a range of interior projects including exhibition designs for the Cooper-Hewitt Museum and the National Building Museum, in addition to several residential projects.
An exhibition of the winning firms’ works, organized by the AIA New York Chapter and the Center for Architecture Foundation, will be on view this fall. The opening reception will be held on Friday, September 5, 6:00-10:00 p.m., at the Center for Architecture, 536 LaGuardia Place. To RSVP, please consult AIA. The exhibition will be accompanied by a series of programs organized by the AIA New York Chapter in collaboration with New Practices Committee.
NEWS FROM EUGENE LANG COLLEGE THE NEW SCHOOL FOR LIBERAL ARTS
BLONDELL CUMMINGS, LANG’S FALL 2008 VISITING ARTIST
Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts has announced that Blondell Cummings, the choreographer, dancer and arts advocate, will serve as the Fall 2008 Visiting Artist.
During her time at The New School, Cummings will lead a three-week series of interdisciplinary workshops focused on the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights. Using personal, local and global perspectives, human rights issues will be explored through traditional and non-traditional approaches, partnerships and collaborations. The series will conclude with a final site-specific performance/installation on October 7 in the Skybridge Art Space, 66 West 12th Street, 3rd floor.
“Throughout her career, Cummings has pushed the boundaries to shed light on the commonalities that bring us together as artists and as people," said Neil Gordon, the dean of Lang College. "Now in its third year, our visiting artists have allowed our students to see firsthand how artists can work collaboratively to address important issues through their practice. This program is at the core of our arts curriculum."
Each semester, a distinguished artist is invited to join the Lang community to lead public programs, workshop series, performances, or master classes. Previous visiting artists include Ralph Lemon, Martha Rosler, Marni Nixon, and John Jesurun.
“Eugene Lang College takes a truly innovative approach to teaching the arts, and I am looking forward to working with the students," said Blondell. "The United Nations Declaration of Human Rights provides a wealth of issues that we can explore in what I hope will be an enlightening experience for the students and for myself as an artist and advocate."
NEWS FROM MANNES COLLEGE THE NEW SCHOOL FOR MUSIC
MANNES AT THE VERDI SQUARE FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS
Mannes Students, faculty and alumna will participate in this year’s Verdi Square Festival of the Arts at Verdi Square, 72nd Street and Broadway, during the month of September.
On Sunday, September 7, at 5:00 p.m., the Mannes Opera will perform arias and duets by Leoncavallo, Rossini, Bizet, and Donizetti. The performers include Mannes students Emily Duncan-Brown, soprano; Maya Lahyani, mezzo soprano; Young Joo An, baritone, with commentary by Joseph Colaneri, artistic director of The Mannes Opera; and Dan Franklin Smith, pianist.
On Sunday, September 14, at 5:00 p.m., the Gershwin Songbook, a program of all-time favorites by George Gershwin will be performed by Mannes students and alumni Vira Slywotsky, soprano; Andrew Osarchuk, tenor, and Nicholas Malinowski, baritone with Nathan Brandwein, pianist and musical director.
On Sunday, September 21, at 5:00 p.m., Klezshop will perform original compositions by a quartet of Israeli-born musicians whose distinctive improvisations are rooted in Klezmer/Jewish musical traditions and influenced by various rock, jazz, and folk styles. The group features Mannes alumnus Gilad Cohen, vocals and electric bass, with violinist Jonathan Keren, clarinetist Gilad Harel, and Yaaki Levy, drummer.
The Verdi Square Festival of the Arts is the West Side’s premiere boutique arts festival. It affords young artists the opportunity to hone their performing skills before an appreciative audience in a historic mini park frequented by some of the world’s most prominent artists.
NEWS FROM THE NEW SCHOOL FOR JAZZ AND CONTEMPORARY MUSIC
JAZZ FACULTY CONCERT: DAVID GLASSER AND THE NEW SCHOOL QUINTET
The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music and the Office of University Student Services are proud to present saxophonist David Glasser, who will lead The New School Quintet in concert on Tuesday, September 2 at 7:00 p.m. Glaser will feature a combination of veteran players and newcomers that pushes the boundaries of jazz. The free concert will be held at the Jazz Performance Space, 55 West 13th Street, 5th floor. Glasser will be joined by Gilad Hekselman, guitar; Yonatan Voltzok, trombone; David Robaire, bass; and Dennis Makrel, drums.
A New York City native, Glasser has been a member of several high-profile jazz bands, including The Clark Terry Quintet, The Illinois Jacquet Big Band, and The Count Basie Orchestra under the direction of Frank Foster.
NEW SCHOOL WELCOME WEEKEND: A RESOUNDING SUCCESS
Over 1,000 new freshmen from Parsons, Lang, Mannes, and Jazz along with parents and family members attended the fall 2008 Welcome Weekend. The program was organized by the Student Services’ Office of Student Development and Activities. Beginning early morning on Friday, August 22, students were busy checking into the residence halls, collecting orientation packets, purchasing New School merchandise, and learning more about The New School and neighborhood services. Information sessions and social activities were held on Friday evening, and on Saturday freshmen had the opportunity to make connections with one another and with the university. Welcome Weekend culminated on Sunday evening with a boat cruise around lower Manhattan, where 500 freshmen along with orientation leaders and resident advisors participated.
Welcome Weekend activities included opportunities for parents to learn more about the university. On Saturday, over 800 parents attended parent orientation sessions that featured a presentation by the senior vice president for Student Services and other key members of the Student Services team. There was also a Parent Student Services Fair where family members could explore the range of resources available to their children.
Monday, August 25, marked the beginning of the week-long New Student Orientation for both undergraduate and graduate students. Orientation events included academic sessions, recreational activities, and social events designed to encourage new students to feel part of The New School community.
STUDENT SERVICES LAUNCHES NEW ONLINE CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Student Services has a new online calendar of events. Features include upcoming workshops, recreation programs, and recognized student organization meetings. It will also include special events sponsored by Student Development & Activities (OSDA), Intercultural Support, Health Education, International Student Services, Student Disability Services, and Career Development. You can access the calendar through the university’s online portal at my.newschool.edu and the Student Services’ website at www.newschool.edu/studentservices.
Student Services announcements, including administrative reminders, deadlines, and special students offers, including discounted and free event tickets will only be available at my.newschool.edu. Students should log on to MyNewSchool daily for up-to-date information.
UNIVERSITY-WIDE EVENT CALENDARS LAUNCHED
With the launching of the university and school event calendars, the Observer will no longer run a separate events section beginning with this issue, August 25. The university event calendar now includes all public events being held at The New School. The school and department events calendars include events hosted and sponsored by those divisions, as well as events that are open only to the school and/or department.
You may access the events calendars through the university homepage and the school and department homepages. Links to the university’s different event calendars are:
MARSHALL SCHOLARSHIPS FOR U.S. STUDENTS
Marshall Scholarships finance young Americans of high ability to study for a degree in the United Kingdom. Forty individuals are selected each year to study at a graduate or, in some cases, undergraduate institution each year in the United Kingdom. Fellows are supported for two years. The fellowship award includes university fees, living expenses, an annual book and thesis grant, grants for daily research and travel, and travel expenses to and from the United States. In some cases, where applicable, the scholarship will also pay towards supporting a dependent spouse. Applicants may be from any area of study and will need to have graduated from their institution after April 2006 for the 2009 award. For more information visit the scholarship website. The application deadline is October 2, 2008.
THE NINTH TCDS DEMOCRACY AND DIVERSITY GRADUATE INSTITUTE IN CAPE TOWN,
SOUTH AFRICA
The New School’s Transregional Center for Democratic Studies will be conducting its ninth Democracy and Diversity Institute in Cape Town, South Africa, January 6-22, 2009. During the intensive two-week program, up to 40 junior scholars and graduate students from sub-Saharan Africa, the United States, Latin America, and central and eastern Europe will gather to examine challenges to democracy in the host region and beyond. The institute will offer seminar courses in political science, anthropology, economics, sociology, and gender studies, to be co-taught by faculty from The New School for Social Research and South African academics. Students will select two of the four seminar courses; they will also attend a series of master classes conducted by scholars and intellectuals from South Africa and other countries in the region. The program includes evening guest speakers and study tours to socially and politically significant sites in the Cape peninsula.
New School students will receive credits upon successful completion of their coursework (three credits per course). This graduate program is also open to advanced students from Eugene Lang College.
The following seminar courses will be offered at the 2009 institute:
Democracies and Boundaries: Conflicts About Membership, Borders, and Diversity
Prof. David Plotke,Department of Political Science, The New School for Social Research
Gender and Democracy
Profs. Elzbieta Matynia, Department of Sociology and Liberal Studies, The New School for Social Research, and Shireen Hassim, Department of Political Studies, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
Democracy and Africanism
Prof. Hylton White, Department of Anthropology, The New School for Social Research and Eugene Lang College, and guest speakers
Shifting Power in the Global Economy: Rethinking Development Strategies
Profs. William Milberg, Department of Economics, The New School for Social Research, and Stephen Gelb, executive director, the EDGE Institute, Johannesburg, and Department of Development Studies, University of the Witwatersrand
Applications, with full instructions, will be available beginning in September at www.newschool.edu/tcds. The deadline for applications is October 17, 2008.
For a full program description, contact TCDS at 212.229.5580 x3136 or tcds@newschool.edu, or visit www.newschool.edu/tcds.
TIME OUT NEW YORK DISCOUNT OFFER
Start your year off being in the know about things free or fancy. Time Out New York is offering all students, faculty, and staff at The New School a full year's subscription for just $20! That's 51 issues for the entire year and only 39c an issue. Steal this deal for yourself or a gift to another.
THE BEST DEAL FOR AFFORDABLE THEATER, Dance, and concert TICKETS:
THEATRE DEVELOPMENT FUND
An exciting spring theater, music and dance season is under way: Why pay $100 or more, when you can pay $20-$36 for Broadway shows and Off-Broadway shows, dance performances and concerts? An inexpensive way to enjoy the best of New York culture is to join Theatre Development Fund (TDF).
To be eligible, you must be a full-time student or teacher, senior citizen (62+), civil servant, union member, staff member of a not-for-profit organization, performing arts professional, or member of the clergy or armed forces. Annual membership fee is $27.50, and you can join online.
A small sampling of performances recently available to TDF Members for $20-36 per ticket include: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, A Bronx Tale, A Chorus Line, Altar Boyz, American Ballet Theatre, August: Osage County, Avenue Q, Big Apple Circus, Celia, The Color Purple, Come Back Little Sheba, Crimes of the Heart, Curtains, The Fantasticks, The Farnsworth Invention, Forbidden Broadway, Gypsy, The Homecoming, In the Heights, Is He Dead?, Les Miserables, New York City Ballet, New York Philharmonic, November, Passing Strange, Paul Taylor Dance Company, The Phantom of the Opera, Rent, The Ritz, Rock 'n' Roll, The Seafarer, Sunday in the Park with George and Xanadu.. So don't miss this great opportunity to see great theater at great prices.
The New York Times is offering a 60 percent discount ($.40/per day Monday-Saturday, $2.00 on Sunday) for home or office subscriptions to all faculty, staff, and students.
Here's how it works. Unlike traditional subscriptions, the education rate can be set up by semester or in a combination that best reflects your schedules for both delivery and billing. New School faculty, staff, and students can have a subscription Monday-Friday, Sunday only, weekends only, or any combination.
To take advantage of the special discount to the Times or to change a current subscription, students, faculty (full-time and part-time), and staff should contact the customer service center at 888.NYT.COLL, to order a single subscription or a classroom subscription of up to eight copies for required reading in the classroom.
To order a classroom subscription of eight or more copies for required reading in the classroom, contact the education program's customer service center at 800.631.1222.
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