The New School told employees it will reduce faculty and staff headcount by about 15 percent by June 1 as part of a broad financial reorganization, administrators confirmed. The progressive New York university cited a growing budget gap—estimated at $48 million in 2025—and declining enrollment from roughly 10,400 in 2019 to about 8,800 this fall. The university has already offered voluntary separation packages, paused Ph.D. admissions, consolidated colleges and cut programs; the new round of involuntary reductions will target staffing by program needs. Faculty leaders including Jeremy Varon described the process as agonizing and warned cuts will disrupt instruction, research and shared governance.