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Mark Larrimore, Associate Professor of Religious Studies   
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Reflections & Analysis

What Does it Mean to Be a Progressive University?

Posted on Friday, May 11, 2018
by Julia Foulkes, Professor of History, NSPE
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Activism
Administration
Education

For Staff Development Day, Julia Foulkes and Mark Larrimore delivered the keynote address, providing a historical look at the university. Staff, faculty, and friends of the university often tag it as “progressive.” But what exactly does that mean? And what has it meant in the past? Video here.

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About

Editors   
Julia L. Foulkes, Professor of History   
Mark Larrimore, Associate Professor of Religious Studies   
Wendy Scheir, Director, New School Archives and Special Collections

Connections   
The New School Archives  
Digital Collections from the Archives  
Public Seminar  
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We invite contributions to this site! Contact us at archivist@newschool.edu.

Please follow our Style Guide for all submissions.

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