A Philadelphia arts school gave 7 days' notice it was closing. Now its students and faculty want answers.

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Students and staff members from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia are scrambling to figure out their next steps after the school’s abrupt closure last week and are calling on the university to answer questions about why it shut down so quickly.

But now, they are unsure of what’s next and said they feel trapped after signing an apartment lease in Philadelphia. “I spent so much money to go to this school, and I put so much trust in the faculty and the board. It’s an investment,” Jean said. “You would think that after putting so much more money into something when it’s going away, the people responsible would want to inform you, and they’d want to let you know, ‘Here’s what’s going on.’ But they weren’t interested in that.

 

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