Middle States extends UArts’ accreditation a month to get degrees awarded and grades processed

Signs denounce the closure of UArts in front of the University of the Arts Dorrance Hamilton Hall on South Broad St. in Philadelphia on Sunday, June 9.’ accrediting body, has extended the school’s accreditation to July 19 to allow for the awarding of earned degrees and the processing of grades.that it planned to extend the accreditation to help students get the grades and degrees they were entitled to receive before the university abruptly closed on June 7.

The commission withdrew UArts accreditation nearly a month ago after the school announced its imminent closure without proper notice or plans in place. More than 600 of the 700 employees were laid off, with a core group remaining in place to close out operations.money to pay its employees the minimum it owes them under federal law following a meeting between a lawyer for the university and a human resources official and the university’s staff and faculty unions.

The school has been mum on the financial problems that caused the school to close, though a trustee told The Inquirer it needed about $40 million. Former president Kerry Walk resigned days after the closure was announced. The school didn’t even tell employees and students about the imminent closure until after The Inquirer reported it. Investigations have been called for.The university’s closure left students scrambling to transfer to other schools.

A Middle States official said at the town hall last week that a merger, if it did happen, would take a year.

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