PHILADELPHIA — Katherine Anderson trekked from Texas to Philadelphia last year for a college program she couldn’t find anywhere else, combining the music business, entrepreneurship and technology. Two weeks ago, she received the startling news the university would be shutting down within days.
The closure of the University of the Arts left her and 1,300 other students scrambling to find somewhere to go or something to do.
By the time the school announced its closure, many colleges had already cut off admissions for the fall. Anderson was accepted into the music industry program at nearby Drexel University, which she said wasn’t a perfect match, but “the next best thing, I guess.”
Rising sophomore Cyrus Nasib, 18, stands outside Dorrance Hamilton Hall at University of the Arts on June 14 in Philadelphia. The closure of the university left some 1,300 other students scrambling to find somewhere else to go.
“Because of all that’s going on, I felt very pressured to make a decision as fast as possible,” Anderson said. She is now suing the University of the Arts.
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