Ready, Set, Apply!

Technical Assistance

Ready, Set, Apply!

Level Up

City Studies

Level Up

Record It. Report It!

Public Access Design

Record It. Report It!

Is Suspension The Solution?

City Studies

Is Suspension The Solution?

What's in the Water?

Making Policy Public

What's in the Water?

Print Free For All?

On April 12, 2017, New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo signed a free college tuition bill into law. The Excelsior Scholarship makes the City and State Universities of New York tuition-free, but only for qualifying students. Students that are part time, undocumented, or whose families make over $125,000 per year are not eligible. Should college be free for everyone? 

In the winter of 2018, CUP collaborated with Teaching Artist Gabe Gordon and Yadira Echevarria’s internship class at the international Community High School (ICHS) in the Bronx to find out. To investigate, students got out of the classroom and into the realm of higher education to survey educators and school staff on the value of a degree and the possible hidden costs of education. What are the different types of academic degrees? How much does higher education actually cost? Who decides?

Students created the newspaper Free For All? to teach others what they learned and to help students navigate their higher education options. 

The Who in the Q!

Urban Investigations

The Who in the Q!

Work Forced

Public Access Design

Work Forced

Not on Our Watch!

Making Policy Public

Not on Our Watch!

Is Your Landlord Using Construction to Harass You?

Technical Assistance

Is Your Landlord Using Construction to Harass You?

Snack Attack

City Studies

Snack Attack

Parents' Rights During COVID-19

Technical Assistance

Parents' Rights During COVID-19

Bottled Up

City Studies

Bottled Up

Making the Grade

Urban Investigations

Making the Grade