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| − | The '''New School for Social Research''' was founded by rebel Columbia professors who decamped from [[Morningside]] after whining that [[Nicholas Murray Butler]] had stifled their freedom to dissent during World War I. They included [[Charles Beard]], [[John Dewey]], and [[James Harvey Robinson]]. Rubbing shoulders with [[NYU]] downtown, | + | {{wp-also}} |
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| + | The '''New School for Social Research''' was founded by rebel Columbia professors who decamped from [[Morningside]] after whining that [[Nicholas Murray Butler]] had stifled their freedom to dissent during World War I. They originally called it the '''University in Exile'''. The professors included [[Charles Beard]], [[John Dewey]], and [[James Harvey Robinson]]. | ||
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| + | Rubbing shoulders with [[NYU]] downtown, the New School remains very outside the mainstream. | ||
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Revision as of 23:50, 28 November 2007
The New School for Social Research was founded by rebel Columbia professors who decamped from Morningside after whining that Nicholas Murray Butler had stifled their freedom to dissent during World War I. They originally called it the University in Exile. The professors included Charles Beard, John Dewey, and James Harvey Robinson.
Rubbing shoulders with NYU downtown, the New School remains very outside the mainstream.
