库伯学院介绍The Cooper Union

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This event is not open to the public. President Obama will deliver remarks on Wall Street Reform at Cooper Union on Thursday, April 22.

奥巴马对华尔街的改革演说2010年4月22号(周四)在Cooper Union 举行 ...
ja200099 发表于 2010-4-21 17:25

（摘编自张望的网易博客）


说到美国名校，中国人一般都知道哈佛，耶鲁，斯坦福，普林斯顿，哥伦比亚，康奈尔，宾大，麻省理工等等学校，其实美国高质量的大学还有很多很多，美国的大学都是独立办校，各具特色。近年来，国内来美留学的学生呈现多元化，低龄化的特点。有些有条件的家庭送孩子上大学，上私立高中（寄宿学校），接触更深入和基础的美式教育。所以也就会了解更多的美国名校。比如，我若不来纽约，就没有机会知道一个叫做COOPER UNION 的大学。

1859年，PETER COOPER 创办了THE COOPER UNION，其理念是，高质量的高等教育应该”像空气和水一样是免费的“，向合格的任何种族，信仰，性别，地位的学子敞开大门。    150年来，该校秉承学业优秀为唯一录取标准，向每一位录取的学生提供全额奖学金。 （education of the highest quality should be as "free as air and water" and should be available to all who qualify, independent of race, religion, sex or social status. For 150 years, the College has admitted students based on merit alone and provided each with a full-tuition scholarship.）2010年提供给每位新生的奖学金金额为14万 美元（建筑学专业多达17.5万美元）。

可以想象，要进入这所学校，绝不比进入哈佛之类的名校容易，申请者的录取率不到10%， 专长的建筑，工程和人文专业更是不到5%。

人们一定会想，这所学校的办学宗旨为何如此不凡，它的资金来自何方？

长话短说，COOPER UNION 的创办人 PETER COOPER 是美国大发展时代一个成功的企业家和发明家，他出身一个穷工人家庭，只上过不到一年学，但就是他设计和制造了美国第一个火车蒸气发动机，后来办胶水厂，铁工厂发了财，再后来把触角伸到保险，房地产，铁路和电报业，他还去竞选过美国总统哩。

PETER COOPER 的一个梦想是让 有天赋的年轻人得到他未曾得到的好事儿----优良的教育。他还希望发展一种是人的才能不被埋没的教育方式 。 就这样，他把自己大部分财富（主要来自房地产） 拿出来创办了COOPER  UNION。 最初，学校的名字只有THE UNION，后来又开办了职业继续教育的夜校和为妇女设立的专业课程，校名开始加上COOPER 这个名字。 毫无疑问，COOPER UNION的免费英才教育在美国开了先河，具有里程碑的意义。

COOPER UNION 的办学资金来源，一是校友（公司机构）的捐助，二是房地产的收益。



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该校每年招生不到千人，但人才辈出，今年获奖情况：一人得诺贝尔奖，其他如下：With fewer than 1,000 students, Alumni of the Cooper Union win a vastly disproportionate share of the nation's most prestigious awards. Recent awards include 1 Nobel Prize, 10 Rome Prizes, 18 Guggenheim fellowships, 3 MacArthur fellowships, 9 Chrysler Design awards, and 3 American Institute of Architects Thomas Jefferson Awards for Public Architecture. The school also boasts more than 23 Fulbright scholars since 2001, and 10 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships since 2004.

昨天，美国总统将在COOPER UNION （库珀联合大学）针对华尔街的改革发表重要讲话。该校网站新闻说：

The President of the United States at The Cooper Union, Thursday April 22（美国总统奥巴马于4月22日（周四）莅临库珀联合大学）
This event is not open to the public.President Obama will deliver remarks on Wall Street Reform at Cooper Union on Thursday, April 22.（本活动不对外公开。奥巴马总统将于四月二十二日（星期四）在库珀联合大学发表关于华尔街问题的演讲。）



http://www.cooper.edu/

奥巴马演讲文字稿



Thu Apr 22, 3:42 pm ET
  Obama Cooper Union Speech: Reforming Wall Street Is Good For Main StreetFar from the high-pitched partisan rhetoric so prevalent during the health care debate, President Obama's financial regulatory reform address at Cooper Union in lower Manhattan was significantly toned down.
The president opened his address to a crowd estimated to be 700 by reminding the audience that it was his second time speaking at Cooper Union; the first was in 2008 as a presidential candidate. He said it's good to back at Cooper Union, "where generations of leaders and citizens have come to defend their ideas and contest their differences. It's also good being back in Lower Manhattan, a few blocks from Wall Street, the heart of our nation's financial sector."
He went on to deliver a fairly straight address intended less for Wall Street -- or to throw stones at bankers for their reckless behavior -- than for the millions on Main Street who are bearing the brunt of the Great Recession, including the eight million people who have lost their jobs. Making sure not to get too nuanced with Wall Street argot, the president mentioned the word "derivatives" by name only three times. The partisan jabbing was also missing; Republicans were only mentioned two times, neither of which carried negative undertones.
Mr. Obama's speech, in fact, seemed more like a Power Point presentation without the Power Point screen.
The president ticked off in a professorial manner the four main points of the financial reform bill, presenting its components in clear concise layman's terms: a) consumer protection in the event a financial institution fails; b) bringing transparency to the financial markets, c) the enactment of strong consumer financial protections, and d) Wall Street reforms giving shareholders more power in the financial system.
Financial regulatory reform, unlike the contentious health care debate throughout last summer and continuing into the blustery winter, doesn't really have many cynics. Other than a few sound bites, when Sen. Dodd brings S. 3217 to the floor of the Senate next week, the bill is more than likely to be embraced by a few Republicans and pass without much partisan bickering.



If there is any room for debate, it is whether the regulation reforms go far enough, not whether the bill will pass.
With the political winds favoring financial reform, there is no question the bill will pass. But others, like David Brady, professor of political economy at Stanford Graduate School of Business, worries that "Congress will overdo the regulation, making the country worse off."
Ever since the Securities and Exchange Commission charged Goldman Sachs with allegedly defrauding investors, voter outrage at Wall Street recklessness has grown more critical. This on top of news that some of the biggest financial firms turned in record profits, including Citigroup which announced this week a $4.4 billion first-quarter profit, while Goldman announced a $3.46 billion profit. A recent Pew poll, moreover, shows that 61 percent of Americans want financial reform.
If the Republicans block the financial reform bill, they will most certainly be tagged as the party of Wall Street. In an election year, it will be political suicide, a fight not worth fighting, even if it means giving the president another historic legislative victory.
In his speech, Mr. Obama, gave the impression the bill isn't headed to an ugly floor fight like health car reform, by mentioning that he "was encouraged to see a Republican senator join with Democrats this week in moving forward on this issue."
At this stage of the debate, the main disagreement between the two parties centers on the proposal for a $50 billion fund, paid for by the banks, to keep troubled banks from causing havoc to the entire financial system. Republicans charge such a stipulation would only encourage future bailouts.
Another sticking point is the bill's requirement that most derivatives trading be moved from dealer markets to regulated exchanges. A derivative is a financial agreement between two entities.
All indications are that these remaining sticking points are open for horse trading and shouldn't interfere with a bipartisan agreement.
The banking committee's ranking Republican, Sen. Richard C. Shelby, was recently quoted as saying, "I think we're going to get there. I'm optimistic because I think we've got a few days to negotiate, and the spirit is good."
Most, in fact, are expecting the president's signature on this bill by Memorial Day, which allows for two weeks of healthy debate.
While Thursday's speech might not have brought down the house with thunderous applause, he still got his point across: the president encouraged Congress to finish the job by restoring responsibility - "from Wall Street to Washington."
Much like the health care debate, President Obama has restored his image as the closer.

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顶一下COOPER~本科同学可以申请下他的TRANSFER，反正不要学费么~

身边有同学申请了，HOME TEST感觉更像艺术院校，有比如给自己的自画像这样的很感性的一共三道题，对于喜欢传统一点，艺术一点的朋友强烈推荐。

当然竞争很严酷，本科好像全球转进去的名额每年2人。。。