2024-12-26T20:25:19-05:00 https://archinect.com/features/article/136211956/deans-list-special-nader-tehrani-shares-his-thoughts-as-he-transitions-to-his-new-appointment-at-cooper-union Amelia Taylor-Hochberg 2015-09-25T13:38:00-04:00 >2018-01-30T06:16:04-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/8l/8l6p4x1ow209w4w9.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>On September 2, students at Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art returned to a school in rocky flux. Faltering under the weight of a $12 million deficit, the New York institution defaulted on its more than 150-year founding tradition, and began charging undergraduate tuition for the first time in the fall of 2014. The decision was a messy one, carrying the baggage of both a financial and identity crisis for the school.</p>