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UArts’ sudden closure was a shock, but not a big surprise in the turbulent higher-ed landscape

University officials still haven't said what financial crisis emerged suddenly last month to precipitate the closure. But even before that, the school's financial outlook was extremely weak.

A reflection of UArts' Dorrance Hall is visible in a window of Anderson Hall, another University of the Arts building on the the east side of Broad Street.
A reflection of UArts' Dorrance Hall is visible in a window of Anderson Hall, another University of the Arts building on the the east side of Broad Street.Read moreAlejandro A. Alvarez / Staff Photographer