Pass It On!

Making Policy Public

Pass It On!

Making Change

City Studies

Making Change

Innocent Until Proven Risky

Making Policy Public

Innocent Until Proven Risky

Shine a Light on Your Utility Rights

Making Policy Public

Shine a Light on Your Utility Rights

Don't Bank On It

Making Policy Public

Don't Bank On It

Free For All?

City Studies

Free For All?

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. 

Our Voice, Our Choice

Urban Investigations

Our Voice, Our Choice

Pay Up!

City Studies

Pay Up!

Innocent Until Proven Risky

Making Policy Public

Innocent Until Proven Risky

What the Cell?

Urban Investigations

What the Cell?

Dick & Rick: A Visual Primer for Social Impact Design

Technical Assistance

Dick & Rick: A Visual Primer for Social Impact Design

Record It. Report It!

Public Access Design

Record It. Report It!

Predatory Equity

Making Policy Public

Predatory Equity

H2 Oh No!

Technical Assistance

H2 Oh No!