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In 2024 during the Gaza war, students participated in pro-Palestinian occupations which called for the divestment from defense companies, an academic boycott of Israeli institutions, amnesty for all students and staff sanctioned by the university for violations of codes of conduct, and an end to the university's collaboration with the NYPD. People were arrested, but Donna E. Shalala, the interim president of New School, stated that criminal charges would not be pursued against the student protesters who were arrested.
=== Kerrey presidency and opposition ===
Former U.S. Senator Bob Kerrey became president of The New School in 2000. Kerrey drew praise and criticism for his streamlining of the university, as well as censure for his support of the 2003 invasion of Iraq, generally opposed by the university's faculty.
In 2004, Kerrey appointed Arjun Appadurai as provost. Appadurai resigned as provost in early 2006, but retained a tenured faculty position. He was succeeded by Joseph …
