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| Established | 1985 |
| Type: | Private |
| President: | Bob Kerrey |
| Provost: | Benjamin Lee |
| Dean: | Jonathan Veitch |
| Faculty: | 115[1] |
| Students: | 1,164[2] |
| Location | New York City, New York, United States |
| Campus: | Urban |
| Colors: | Red, Orange, Yellow, Gray |
| Nickname: | Lang |
| Website: | http://www.newschool.edu/lang |
Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts is the seminar-style, undergraduate, liberal arts college of the The New School. The school is located in New York City's Greenwich Village on West 11th Street off 6th Avenue.[3]
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History
Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts was founded as the Freshman Year Program at the The New School in 1972 as a pre-college program for high school graduates. Three years later, in 1975, the Freshman Year Program was expanded to a full undergraduate program and renamed The Seminar College. In 1985, following a generous donation by well-known philanthropist and educational visionary Eugene Lang and his wife Theresa, the school was renamed Eugene Lang College. The college currently has an enrollment of over 1000 students, which represents a significant growth in class size over the past few years.[4] In 2005, the phrase "The New School" was inserted into the name of each division of The New School,[5] so Eugene Lang College was renamed Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts, but students and faculty refer to it simply as "Lang."[6]
Academics
Areas of study include writing; the arts (incorporating arts in context, music, dance and theatre); culture and media; education studies; history; literature; philosophy; psychology; science, technology, and society; religious studies; social inquiry (incorporating anthropology, economics, political science, and sociology); and urban studies.[7] The college places emphasis on interdisciplinary learning with a "student-directed" curriculum. All of its courses are seminars.
The New School Free Press, a student-run newspaper published by the journalism concentration of the Writing department, has grown from a DIY 'zine-style pamphlet to a professionally printed broadsheet in the years since its founding in 2002, when it was known at Inprint. It is published bi-weekly and it aims to serve both Lang and the wider New School community. The Free Press operates a blog [8] and makes digital copies of the newspaper available on the Lang website.[9]
Rankings
The College is featured prominently on The Princeton Review's Best 361 Rankings & Lists:[10]
- "Class Discussions Encouraged" (#1)
- "Long Lines and Red Tape" (#2)
- "Gay Community Accepted" (#2)
- "Lots of Race/Class Interaction" (#10)
- "Students Ignore God on a Regular Basis" (#6)
- "Intercollegiate Sports Unpopular Or Nonexistent" (#2)
- "Nobody Plays Intramural Sports" (#3)
- "Most Politically Active" (#4)
- "Students Most Nostalgic For Bill Clinton Politics" (#16)
- "Birkenstock-Wearing, Tree-Hugging, Clove-Smoking Vegetarians" (#10)
- "Dodgeball Targets" (#2)
- "Great College Towns" (#1)
- "Town-Gown Relations Are Great" (#9)
Notable Alumni
- Ani DiFranco - Musician
- Elisa Donovan - Actress
- Matisyahu - Musician
- Sufjan Stevens - Musician
- Jake Shears - Musician
- Emily Gould - Co-Editor of Gawker
- Mike Doughty - Musician
See also
- The New School
- The New School for Drama
- Mannes College The New School for Music
- Milano The New School for Management and Urban Policy
- Parsons The New School for Design
- The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music
- The New School for General Studies
References
- ^ "Faculty by Time Status". Retrieved on 2007-05-08.
- ^ "Total University Enrollment by Level, School, and Time Status". Retrieved on 2007-05-08.
- ^ Princeton Review, The. Location. Retrieved on 2007-05-07.
- ^ History. Retrieved on 2007-05-07.
- ^ About The New School: History -- Nine Decades of the New. Retrieved on 2007-05-07.
- ^ Veitch, Jonathan. Why Lang?. Retrieved on 2007-05-07.
- ^ Programs Offered. Retrieved on 2007-05-07.
- ^ INPRINT. Retrieved on 2007-05-07.
- ^ Inprint -- Student News. Retrieved on 2007-05-07.
- ^ Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts's Best 361 College Rankings. Retrieved on 2007-05-07.
