The interdisciplinary program in environmental studies recently dropped one of three required courses for graduate students because there weren't enough teachers, says Roger Pielke Jr.

WSJ: Cost of College: Who Can Still Afford State University?

After considering charging undergraduate tuition for the first time in more than 100 years, Cooper Union will instead confront a budget crisis by charging students in an expanded graduate program and adding a raft of other revenue-producing courses, the school announced Tuesday.

WSJ: Change at Cooper Union

Its nondegree executive-education courses have about 1, 000 participants this academic year, about one-third the size of its Singapore program and one-fifth the figure in Fontainebleau.

WSJ: In Abu Dhabi, a B-School's Program Goes Adrift