The New School for Social Research for only a year, but what a year it was. The school and New York itself had become a sanctuary for hundreds of extraordinary European Jews who had fled Germany and other countries before and during World War II, and they were enriching the city's intellectual life with an intensity that has probably never been equaled anywhere during a comparable period of time.
=== Presidents ===
These twelve individuals have served as president of The New School:
Alvin Saunders Johnson (1922–1945)
Bryn J. Hovde (1945–1950)
Hans Simons (1950–1960) Clara Mayer served as acting president (1951)
Abbott Kaplan (1960)
Henry David (1961–1963) followed by Robert Morrison MacIver (acting 1963–1964)
John R. Everett (1964–1982)
Jonathan Fanton (1982–1999)
Bob Kerrey (2001–2010)
David E. Van Zandt (2011–2020)
Dwight A. McBride (2020–2023)
Donna Shalala (2023–2024) - Interim President
Joel Towers (2024–)
== Organization ==
The New School is divided into autonomous colleges called "divisions". Each …
