‘No idea what we're going to do.' UArts cancels town hall meeting to discuss abrupt closure

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The University of the Arts abruptly cancelled its town hall meeting to address its decision to close after it lost its accreditation with its school community.…

The University of the Arts announced it was cancelling its first town hall to discuss its abrupt closure as students held a protest and Point Park University offered UA students automatic acceptance for the fall 2024.Officials announced just minutes prior to its start that the town hall planned for Monday with students, faculty and staff was cancelled because they"cannot adequately answer" questions today.

“A lot of their principles on advocacy and resources and providing a safe space for our community. I feel like that’s been taken away,” Zachary Bright, an incoming senior at UArts, said.Schools that lose their accreditation have the right to appeal the action, but the commission says that earlier in the week it was notified by UArts that the school is anticipating to close.

“When the discussion making was taking place, we should have been included…to find out what was going on all along…after it was already decided, kind of … leaves us out in the cold,” Director of Jazz Studies at the school, Don Clanden, said. Point Park also said it will provide one full semester of free housing in its residence halls for up to 75 UA students.

 

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