NewSchool was primarily focused on architecture and construction management undergraduate and graduate degree programs.

Voters supercharged the boom in 1998, approving construction of a new home for the Padres in the village.

In 2001, ForeFront Education, Inc., acquired the school and changed its name to NewSchool of Architecture & Design.

[10] In the same year, Marvin J. Malecha, FAIA, DPACSA, became president and Chief Academic Officer.

In the first quarter of 2020, the NewSchool Board of Directors and its parent Laureate Education, Inc. agreed to the transfer of ownership of NewSchool to Ambow NSAD, Inc., a U.S. subsidiary of Ambow Education Holding, Ltd. of the Cayman Islands and Beijing, People's Republic of China.

According to the letter, the accreditor had concerns about the school's finances, leadership, and dwindling enrollment.

But by 2013, Ambow liquidated its assets and reorganized the company amid "allegations of sham transactions and kickbacks at the schools and training firm.

[33] According to Ambow Education's financial reports, the People's Republic of China (PRC) government has exerted "substantial influence" over their business.

[35] Later in the year, Ambow Education began paying some employees in AMBO shares "to improve operating efficiency."