cooper union
- n university founded in 1859 by Peter Cooper to offer free courses in the arts and sciences
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- Can Cooper Union Find A Way To Continue Free Tuition And Its Social Mission?
After months of protests over the decision that the school would no longer be a strict meritocracy, where anyone could attend free of charge, students and administrators may have found a solution. How do you put a price on a social mission? For the past 111 years, the Cooper Union, centered in a red sandstone building on a slice of land in downtown Manhattan, offered up free tuition for its ...
July 17, 2013 - Fast Company Magazine - Cooper Union Protesters Leave President's Office, Mostly of Their Own Accord
Cooper Union has not promised to do away with its controversial plan of charging tuition , but it has agreed to look into ways to avoid making students pay to attend, and for the protesters who have occupied its president's office since May, that was enough.
July 16, 2013 - New York Magazine