COOPERUNION
Cooper Union
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, commonly referred to simply as Cooper Union, is a privately funded college in the East Village neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, located at the southwest corner of Cooper Square and Astor Place. Inspired in 1830 when Peter Cooper learned about the government-supported École Polytechnique, Cooper Union was established in 1859. The school was built on a radical new model of American higher education based on founder Peter Cooper's fundamental belief that an education "equal to the best technology schools 1 established" should be accessible to those who qualify, independent of ...The above text is a snippet from Wikipedia: Cooper Union
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