Original sentence: The Cooper Union previously granted each admitted student a full-tuition scholarship; as of April 23, 2013, due to financial concerns, that policy has been eliminated beginning with the class entering in the Fall of 2014, although every incoming student receives at the very least a half-tuition merit scholarship
Edited sentence: On September 1st, 2015, the Committee to Save Cooper Union (CSCU) announced that victory was at hand, in the form of a consent decree signed by The Cooper Union, New York's Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, and the CSCU.The Cooper Union historically grants its students a full-tuition scholarship; while this historical benefit was placed in question by the administration in a 2013-2015 fight over finances, the government of New York and the Committee to Save Cooper Union have increased pressure on the school's administration to ensure sustainable tuition-free education at the school.The decree was declared by the committee to include provisions for returning to a sustainable, tuition-free policy, increased board transparency, additional student and alumni trustees, independent financial monitoring, and a search committee to identify the next full-term president.This same day, New York State Senator Brad Hoylman announced that the proposed settlement would "give Cooper Union the opportunity to repair its reputation… and help restore Peter Cooper's original promise of an education “open and free to all”.Throughout 2013, 2014, and 2015, the Committee to Save Cooper Union — a coalition of former and current students, alumni and faculty — campaigned to reverse this decision, urging the president and the board of trustees to return Cooper Union to “its tuition-free and merit-based mission, ensure the school’s fiscal recovery, and establish better governance structures