Aiming to raise funds for the Cooper Union—the elite engineering, architecture and arts college in Manhattan whose financial realities led administrators this past fall to begin charging tuition to incoming students for the first time in more than a century—a group of alumni has launched a not-for-profit consulting firm they hope will generate donations from users of the expertise of more than 12,000 CU graduates who will provide wide-ranging business advice.
The Cooper Union Alumni Advisory Service, or CU2AS, is offering pro-bono services to start-up businesses and others that may lack sufficient staff or managerial capabilities to navigate regulation or take business plans to the next level.