The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-05-05

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00:04:21 1 History
00:04:30 1.1 Founding and early history
00:07:24 1.2 Development after founding
00:09:51 1.3 Structure-building era
00:10:01 1.3.1 The Foundation Building
00:11:14 1.3.2 The Foundation Building's Great Hall
00:17:29 1.4 Modern changes
00:20:19 1.4.1 41 Cooper Square
00:24:17 2 Financial support
00:26:11 2.1 Financial crisis and tuition controversy
00:30:53 3 Academics
00:31:03 3.1 The Albert Nerken School of Engineering
00:36:08 3.1.1 Curriculum
00:38:03 3.1.1.1 Master's program
00:39:06 3.1.2 Departments and majors
00:40:20 3.1.2.1 Chemical engineering
00:41:36 3.1.2.2 Civil engineering
00:43:04 3.1.2.3 Electrical engineering
00:44:59 3.1.2.4 Mechanical engineering
00:46:03 3.1.2.5 Other departments
00:47:05 3.2 The School of Art
00:49:34 3.2.1 Admissions
00:51:33 3.2.2 Curriculum
00:53:56 3.2.3 Facilities
00:54:26 3.2.3.1 Student workspaces
00:56:28 3.2.3.2 Studios, shops, and labs
01:01:15 3.2.3.3 Galleries
01:02:54 3.3 Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture
01:05:10 3.3.1 Master of Architecture II
01:06:32 3.4 Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
01:08:15 4 Athletics
01:08:38 5 Notable alumni
01:10:03 6 In popular culture
01:12:06 7 See also



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The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, commonly known as Cooper Union or The Cooper Union and informally referred to, especially during the 19th century, as 'the Cooper Institute', is a private college at Cooper Square on the border of the East Village neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. Inspired in 1830 when Peter Cooper learned about the government-supported École Polytechnique in France, Cooper Union was established in 1859. The school was built on a radical new model of American higher education based on founder Peter Cooper's fundamental belief that an education "equal to the best technology schools [then] established" should be accessible to those who qualify, independent of their race, religion, sex, wealth or social status, and should be "open and free to all".The Cooper Union originally offered free courses to its admitted students, and when a 4-year undergraduate program was established in 1902, the school granted each admitted student a full-tuition scholarship. Following its own financial crisis, the school decided to abandon this policy starting in the Fall of 2014. Each incoming student receives at least a half-tuition merit scholarship, with additional school financial support, which is provided on a sliding scale up to full tuition scholarships (for which a significant number of students qualify), based on financial needs. A consent decree brokered by the New York Attorney General in New York Supreme Court, and finalized in 2015, required the establishment of a Free Education Committee with the responsibility to present a strategic plan to allow the school to return to a sustainable tuition-free model. In January 2018, the board released their recommended plan to reinstate full-tuition scholarships only for undergraduates by the 2028–2029 academic year.
The college is divided into three schools: the Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture, the School of Art, and the Albert Nerken School of Engineering. It offers undergraduate and master's degree programs exclusively in the fields of architecture, fine arts, and engineering. It is a member of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) and the Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design (AICAD). In 2017, Cooper Union was ranked number one in the Regional Colleges (North) category by U.S. News & World Report Following the resignation of Jamshed Bharucha in 2015, William Mea served as the college's Acting President until January 2017 when Laura Sparks became the 13th president.
Until 2014, Coop ...