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The End of a Free Cooper Union [UPDATE 3]
Today, a representative of the Cooper Union board announced that they will be reducing all scholarships by 50% for next year, though some additional scholarships will be available for students.
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Cooper Union Saga Continues as Administration Refuses Early Art Acceptances
Not long after the faculty of the Cooper Union School of Art rejected plans to begin charging tuition, the college's administration has struck back: it is now refusing to accept any School of Art applications for early admission, instead deferring all of them to the general admission pool.
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Cooper Union Art Faculty Rejects Proposal for Tuition
It's been two months since the Cooper 11 students ended their clock tower occupation, but the battle at the Cooper Union over the question of tuition is far from over. The latest news is that the faculty of the School of Art has taken a public stand against the idea of charging tuition.
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The Art Created by the Cooper 11
The recreation of Leonardo da Vinci's "Last Supper" may be the most internet-friendly image of a protest movement that locked itself for a week in the clocktower of The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in Manhattan's Astor Place, but that wasn't the only work being made by the ele
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In Their 11th Hour, Cooper 11 Recreate Leonardo's "Last Supper"
You're furious at the plans to end free education at Cooper Union, an institution long applauded as one of the progressive beacons of 19th-century education. You're an art student and join 10 other art students in a protest action that includes the occupation of your school's clocktower. Now, how do
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After the Occupation: A Talk with a Cooper Union Protester
Following up on the news that the students who took up residence in the Cooper Union clock tower have ended their occupation, Hyperallergic spoke with Casey Gollan, one of the occupiers, about why they came down after a week and what they feel they've accomplished.
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Cooper Union Students End Their Occupation
The 11 Cooper Union students who barricaded themselves in the school's Foundation Building clock tower have emerged, ending their occupation a week after it began.
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Cooper Union Responds to Occupation During Supporters' Day of Action
96 hours into the student occupation of the Cooper Union's historic clock tower, Jolene Travis, Assistant Director of Public Affairs, Media Relations at Cooper Union released a statement to the press and on Cooper's website today regarding the situation. The press release may have been timed to coin
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Student Protests at Cooper Union Continue into Fourth Day
Yesterday, over sixty students in solidarity with the eleven clock tower occupiers demonstrated outside at the school’s board of trustees meeting, where plans for charging tuition were discussed. According to The Local, three students managed to enter the boardroom before the doors were blocked by s
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Student Occupiers Call for Cooper Union President's Resignation
Students for a Free Cooper Union held a press conference this afternoon, addressing a set of frequently asked questions regarding their occupation of the college’s Foundation Building. Undergraduate art students Rachel Appel and Audrey Snyder served as spokespeople for the 11 students occupying the
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Students Occupy Historic Cooper Union Clock Tower to Protest Tuition Charges
Eleven Cooper Union students have barricaded themselves within the school’s Foundation Building clock tower since noon on December 3rd in protest of the administration’s plan to begin charging tuition for graduate studies for the first time in 110 years.