Initiatives
During the 2017-18 academic year two initiatives were launched by President Laura Sparks: the Diversity and Inclusion Task Force and the Community Planning Collaborative. Meant to inform the broader institutional strategic planning currently in development by Cooper Union’s administration, in tandem with the plan to return to the full-tuition scholarship model over the next ten years, these efforts seek to engage the greater Cooper community across all disciplines and areas. Membership of each group is comprised of students, staff and faculty, and is open to anyone interested in participating. Collaborative thinking and institutional assessment are at the core of each effort, along with a dynamic approach to identifying opportunities for improvement across the school.