But the deal does require the board to create a committee, including student and alumni trustees and led
by an alumni trustee, to try to find a way to do so by 2018.
Not exact matches
On a cold, crisp Sunday morning, amid the Colonial - and Federal - style halls and dormitories on the picturesque campus, the President addressed and later mingled with students,
alumni,
trustees, and other guests at a celebration marking the bicentennial of a visit
by George Washington.
The recruitment panel — which included
trustees, Teach First
alumni and head teachers — were impressed
by his passion for ending educational inequality, his track record in educational leadership and wealth of experience and expertise.»
Endorsed
by the CSCU for
alumni trustee.
A major battle over the future of the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art appears to be coming to an end, according to statements released on Tuesday
by the prestigious Manhattan college's Board of
Trustees and a coalition of professors,
alumni, and students who sued in 2014 to block the board's plan to start charging undergraduate tuition.
-LSB-...] afternoon at two o'clock the New York State Attorney General will announce the settlement of a lawsuit filed
by the Committee to Save Cooper Union, a group of activist students, faculty, and
alumni against the Cooper Union
trustees.
The partnership and creative vision behind the Pratt and Kravis Sculpture Competition were conceived
by Pratt Institute
Trustee /
Alumnus and Kravis Center Founder Member Bruce M. Newman.
Hudson Searing was the first Cooper Union
trustee to be elected
by the
alumni of the Cooper Union.
This afternoon at two o'clock the New York State Attorney General will announce the settlement of a lawsuit filed
by the Committee to Save Cooper Union, a group of activist students, faculty, and
alumni against the Cooper Union
trustees.
An open bar and light refreshments were enjoyed
by the other attendees including Board of
Trustee member and FSAG Co-chair Malcolm King EE» 97; the FSAG Steering Committee, CUAA leaders and a diverse group of other
alumni.
Endowed
by Mr. Ross Traphagen,
Trustee Emeritus, the series brings prominent
alumni to campus to engage in discussion with students and other members of the Drew community.
Kevin was elected to the BOT in 2013 as an
alumni trustee through an unprecedented (and thus far unrepeated) write - in campaign
by the
alumni.
Whereas the
Alumni Council passed a resolution on July 24, 2013 «to form a committee headed
by Council member Sangamithra Iyer (CE» 99), with participation of
alumni trustees, to study the Associates of The Cooper Union to make a recommendation to the Council for vote at the September Council meeting.»
The task force, comprised of board, faculty,
alumni, student and administration representatives, will submit its report to the administration and Board of
Trustees by Dec. 1.
The rally, well - attended
by students,
alumni, faculty and the extended community, was intended to create a dedicated public space of redress for current Early Decision applicants recently denied access to their admission results
by the Executive Committee of The Board of
Trustees.
That working group — led
by Gural and Borkowsky and consisting of three
trustees, three administrators, three students, three
alumni, and four full - time faculty — was approved on July 11.
«The changes dictated
by the settlement explore every possible way to get the school back to free tuition; give students, faculty and
alumni a powerful role in Cooper's governance; and create a more fiscally conservative approach supported
by a reshaped Board of
Trustees.
The Cooper Union's Board of
Trustees, advised by a search committee that represented the four faculties, the student body, alumni and the trustees, unanimously approved Sparks» appointment, which follows the conclusion of an extensive search
Trustees, advised
by a search committee that represented the four faculties, the student body,
alumni and the
trustees, unanimously approved Sparks» appointment, which follows the conclusion of an extensive search
trustees, unanimously approved Sparks» appointment, which follows the conclusion of an extensive search process.
The agreement was brokered in September
by New York State's attorney general, Eric T. Schneiderman, in an effort to quell the turmoil that had engulfed the college as it struggled with severe financial problems, divisions among its
trustees, the ouster of its president and outrage among students and
alumni over a decision to charge tuition to undergraduates for the first time in the institution's 156 - year history.
The decree includes provisions for returning to a sustainable, tuition - free policy, increased board transparency, additional student, faculty and
alumni trustees, an independent financial monitor appointed
by the Attorney General, and a search committee to identify the next full - term president.
Yesterday Cooper Union
trustee Kevin Slavin, an
alumnus elected
by alumni to the board last year, published a passionate defense of a free Cooper Union.
One active
alumnus posted on Facebook last night that
by his reckoning there are nine solid votes against tuition on the board, and five
trustees clearly in favor.
A series of deeply questionable financial decisions led the
trustees to impose tuition at Cooper for the first time not long ago, leading to massive student and
alumni protests and an investigation of institutional mismanagement
by the state's Attorney General.
Five
alumni and admitted students have filed suit against Cooper Union's board of
trustees, alleging that their behavior leading up to the historic end of free tuition violated duties prescribed
by the school's charter, the Wall Street Journal reported.
A consent decree, signed
by the Attorney General and both parties in the lawsuit and pending court approval, outlined additional fiscal and administrative oversight of the school
by the Attorney General and made provisions for students,
alumni, and faculty, who would work with the Board of
Trustees to determine how Cooper Union could return to a tuition - free school.
May 10: Cooper
Trustee and
alumnus Michael Borkowsky stops
by the occupation for a discussion with students and faculty.
There are a lot of students and
alumni who aren't satisfied
by the
trustee response, and we will keep pushing Reed to display a fiduciary and moral backbone
by divesting from the fossil - fuel industry that is degrading, if not destroying, our future and our children's futures.