The Adult Bachelor's Program reflects the goal of lifelong higher learning articulated by the founders of The New School in 1919. In 1943, The New School began offering a bachelor's degree program for adults to address the educational needs of returning WWII veterans. Today we continue to dedicate ourselves to that mission in a program that offers exceptional services and an innovative curriculum to nearly 1,000 adult students in New York City and online.
Dean, Chairs, and Directors
Christoph Cox, Executive Dean
Laila Gardner, Assistant Director of Administration
Chrissy Roden, Assistant Provost, Transfer and Non-traditional Student Success
J. Mae Barizo, Chair, Undergraduate Creative Writing Program
Wendy D'Andrea, Director of Undergraduate Studies, Psychology
Terri Gordon, Co-Chair, Liberal Arts (Adult Bachelor's Program)
Latha Poonamallee, Chair, Management, Leadership, and Entrepreneurship
Kristin Reynolds, Chair, Food Studies
Everita Silina, Chair, Global Studies
Jürgen von Mahs, Chair, Urban Studies and Environmental Studies
Genevieve Yue, Program Director and Departmental Faculty Advisor, Media Studies/Screen Studies
Program Support
Ryan Anselmi, Associate Director, Academic Planning
Joyinn Paulin, Director, Student Success Advising of Transfer and Non-traditional Students
Our campus in the heart of New York City's Greenwich Village allows you to study and live in one of the most vibrant and diverse cities in the world. Take advantage of the infinite opportunities to work alongside leading professionals, experience groundbreaking work, and absorb diverse cultural and educational opportunities.
The New School's mission is to prepare students to understand, contribute to, and succeed in a rapidly changing society, thus making the world a better and more just place. As a university where design and social research drive approaches to studying issues of our time, we seek to provide students with the tools needed to grapple with complex problems facing society and to pursue more fluid and flexible career pathways.
A century ago, a few progressive scholars and thinkers founded what would become The New School. Discover some of the pioneers, movements, and events that collectively tell our story of creative and intellectual innovation. Explore the university's legacy and learn how 1919 was the start of something new.
The New School admits students of any race, color, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national and ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other school-administered programs.