Career Center

Responsibilities:

ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY

Discover a new kind of university in New York City, one where scholars, artists, and designers come together to challenge convention and create positive change. The New School takes full advantage of its location in one of the most vibrant and diverse cities in the world. Comprised of five colleges— the College of Performing Arts, Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts, The New School for Social Research, Parsons School of Design, and the Schools of Public Engagement; as well as our European campus, Parsons Paris—The New School also has extensive offerings in Continuing and Professional Education.

Mission

The New School prepares students to understand, contribute to, and succeed in a rapidly changing society, thus making the world a better and more just place. We will ensure that our students develop both the skills that a sound education provides and the competencies essential for success and leadership in the emerging creative economy. We will also lead in generating practical and theoretical knowledge that enables people to better understand our world and improve conditions for local and global communities.

Vision

We are a university where design and social research drive approaches to studying issues of our time, such as democracy, urbanization, technological change, economic empowerment, sustainability, migration, and globalization. We will be the preeminent intellectual and creative center for effective engagement in a world that increasingly demands better-designed objects, communication, systems, and organizations to meet social needs. Our vision aligns with shifts in the global economy, society, and environment, which animates our mission and our values: