Philadelphia City Councilmember Mark Squilla Calls For Investigation Into Closure Of University Of The Arts

CBS Philadelphia

June 7, 2024

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Philadelphia City Councilmember Mark Squilla is calling for an investigation into the abrupt closure of the University of the Arts.

Squilla introduced a resolution Thursday that passed in City Council to hold hearings about the closure of UArts.

"It's up to us as elected officials to call for hearings to get down to the bottom of what is really going on," Squilla said. "How do we protect both the students and the staff and the people working there but also protect the city as a whole? The University of Arts is a big institution in the city of Philadelphia and we have to do everything in our power to save it and make sure that the process that was taken was done appropriately and all the answers that we're receiving are the correct answers."

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