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![the most tedious shit imaginable, a reply that reads:
‘“At worst it [the New School] walked away from its own legacy.” You just figured that out? The New School walked away from its own legacy somewhere around 1998.’](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6at22g2u3ynajfnqfmzd2uqz/bafkreiflnkcjo7c672tolu5swtsms4h4hdf772qvz3lcbndcjnyo4awbtm)
![screenshot of the title/byline for the piece:
DISSENT Magazine
What's Left of The New School?
Leadership at the iconic progressive university has declared war on its own workforce, fired tenured professors, and shuttered whole departments. But what's happening to the school is an increasingly common story across all of higher education.
[By] Jeremy Varon – August 27, 2026](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6at22g2u3ynajfnqfmzd2uqz/bafkreic6tgakoirdt44ddo6tiohxhk3r46yvcrhpthh2dzmyz7qw2s2qd4)
![screenshot of a paragraph from the linked essay:
"The opportunity costs [of universities privileging fiscal austerity and stockpiling over taking any risks vis-a-vis pushing back against authoritarianism] are enormous. The New School spent a whole year figuring out how to fire its own faculty, tying up activist energies on campus. During that time, it made no statement nor sponsored any dialogue about how the institution might meet the current authoritarian threat. Instead, it took a page from DOGE, echoing the power grabs, pettiness, and disdain for workers that are part of that threat. At best, it confused the question of whether the New School has any role to play in the defense of democracy. At worst, it walked away from its own legacy. Few recent times have been darker than these. May those still committed to the best of the New School turn its light back on."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6at22g2u3ynajfnqfmzd2uqz/bafkreifpw7lb32n6xbmcwqflfbe5ga3rqivitcrpweody7qci4sjffu2j4)
![screenshot of the quoted and linked video, showing a YouTube video still frame. on the left, a lawyer is standing facing the bench; beneath him, there's a small label that reads "New Mexico Courts." on the right is a panel of judges, one of whom is speaking. her words are picked up by the closed captioning on YouTube. she's asking the attorney—regarding his use of ChatGPT—the following:
"[Do] you watch the news? Do you listen to the radio? Do you read anything about what's going on in the world b..."
though cut off, the last question finishes as follows: "...because the problem with lawyers relying on AI with hallucinations is an above-the-fold story, every single day?"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6at22g2u3ynajfnqfmzd2uqz/bafkreiaetrwkfosrsmh3y32ij7dentzy3qnxvygxpyec62t7ed4em6i6v4)
