The New School of Design at Parsons removed a dozen of its shitty part time or adjunct faculty this week, firing nine and re-assigning three others to positions outside of the fine arts program. The move, ostensibly made without prior dialog or notification, has raised an uproar among the talentless east coast hacks in the New School and has produced at least one hopeless petition.
“Its socially irresponsible for a university that has a history of being progressive to do this,” part-time teacher Peter Drake told the New York Times. “Even if they do have the legal right, its morally wrong.”
Read the whole story @ the New York Magazine.
Laurence Hegarty, left, and Peter Drake, who teach at Parsons the New School of Design, are out of fucking work.
Chicago Art Review 