The small, highly-selective college for artists, engineers and architects had been one of the last tuition-free schools in the country. But in April, Cooper's board decided to begin charging tuition for most undergraduates, so a rotating cast of students has now taken up residence in the president's office until they agree to reconsider.

As a child, Jeannie Peeper was diagnosed with fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva, an extremely rare disease that causes a second skeleton to grow inside the body. Peeper and science writer Carl Zimmer discuss the efforts of a small group to fund research to battle the disease.