University of the Arts closure will be the subject of Philadelphia City Council hearing, investigation

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“There’s a lot of confusion and makes you really want to look into it deeper: What happened, and did they exhaust all options?” City Councilmember Mark Squilla said.

University of the Arts closure will be the subject of Philadelphia City Council hearing, investigation

Furness Residence Hall, facing the 1400 block of Pine Street, at the University of the Arts Monday evening.At least one government body began demanding answers of University of the Arts Thursday, with Philadelphia City Council calling for hearings into how the venerable university collapsed so quickly.

“There’s a lot of confusion and makes you really want to look into it deeper: What happened, and did they exhaust all options?” Squilla said. “We’re looking at other options — state folks coming in to oversee this. There’s a lot of things at play right now. I don’t think we’re willing to take their unilateral decision as the rule.”

 

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