New York State Is Investigating Cooper Union’s Decision to Charge Tuition

By Andy Thomason. Higher education’s focus on sustainability seriously undermines free inquiry and debate on college campuses, a new report from the National Association of Scholars argues. The report, entitled “Sustainability: Higher Education’s New Fundamentalism,” also argues that colleges’ sustainability efforts are too costly at a time when graduates are struggling to pay off loan debtThe New York State attorney general’s office is investigating the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art’s controversial decision to charge undergraduate tuition for the first time in its history, The Wall Street Journal reports. The prestigious New York City institution’s decision to begin charging tuition, first for graduate students, then for undergrads, sparked intense protests and a lawsuit. More...