demiami

As an undergrad I went to Eugene Lang College (part of the New School) so I can confirm that the New School (in general) is not good with funding. And of course living in New York is expensive (not impossible, but expensive, better move to Brooklyn or Queens). I just went over to the Liberal Arts website and looked at the program's faculty... a few were my professors (they teach both at Eugene Lang and the New School for Social Research), others I only have anecdotal knowledge of (friends who took their courses). What I can say about the professors I did have and the courses I took from them, is that they were consistently challenging, exciting and engaging. You'll have a lot of contact with the professors (well maybe not the most notable ones, but generally). As to the New School being radical/ Marxist -- it is a progressive university, but I suspect you already know that if you even considering it. All in all, I think the program probably is a cash cow, but the professors will spend more time with you then say the professors you'd have in the University of Chicago's Master's of Humanities. If you have the money, I'd say its worth it (prestige aside because I'm not convinced New School has too much of it).