This article has a less forgiving take on the finances: http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2012/04/25/why-cooper-union-cant-be-trusted/ http://blogs.reuters.

This article has a less forgiving take on the finances: http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2012/04/25/why-cooper-union-cant-be-trusted/ http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2012/04/25/why-cooper-... And this fairly extensive piece goes into it as well: http://nplusonemag.com/save-cooper-union http://nplusonemag.com/save-cooper-union It seems like administration and trustees have been treating Cooper Union with the standard expansionary approach that is the norm for universities – spending money to make money, extravagant capital projects, overpaying and overstaffing administration. Disappointing. There are few institutions left for those that value frugality.