600 staffers laid off during conference call on last day of operation for the University of the Arts

[@roan6125]

600 staffers for such a small school? No wonder they went down.

[@knine8154]

And that was just the initial layoffs. Many were asked to stay a little longer🤣

[@RicoRaynn]

They only have like 1,300 students, at least that’s what I thought. And 600 staff was the ‘initial’ layoff? Doesn’t take a genius to realize there were a crap ton of people simple collecting a pay check for no reason. Seems to be a lot of that these days.

[@anderander5662]

At least 600+ employees?? How many students?

[@knine8154]

@@RicoRaynn Look at high schools Today, when my kids were there they had 5 principals alone.

[@RicoRaynn]

@@knine8154 Five? That's wild.

[@johnaltobello5095]

600 staff members for 1400 students?

[@princesskaitlinhazelwood4703]

This is why higher education is ridiculously expensive and ineffective

[@paulcolburn3855]

Well they really needed those 550 diversity coordinators.

[@commonsenseoldman1959]

Makes Ya Wonder Don’t It?

[@Rebel-Unit]

This can not possibly be real, is it?

[@coniccinoc]

Dang, why did I pick up on this? Wow! Seriously.

[@writtenhousesecurity6499]

The Cow has run dry.

[@jomopressley3958]

😆

[@southbronxny5727]

Woke welfare is over.

[@benjaminfranzuela5847]

The cash escaped from the cow! Well… you get what you vote for.

[@ivyngo110]

Gov collected 300 billions tax dollars but spent 600 billions same year . Lol

[@benjaminfranzuela5847]

@@ivyngo110 🤣🤣🤣

[@walterschumann2476]

The 600 staff were mostly ex-students who could not find jobs.

[@joshmiller8663]

No many jobs out there looking for art degrees. They should have went to a trade school they would have good paying g jobs and low tuition cost.

[@theo21021]

​@@joshmiller8663Have you seen these students with art degrees? They aren't made for trade schools.

[@Whatnok]

@@theo21021😂

[@yihuda7459]

Soo true …

[@kennethmeeker6369]

@@theo21021There big on evolution at these universities time to adapt or perish.

[@edwardtschantre7486]

And I am sure the taxpayers will be on the hook for all of the student loans for these useless degrees.

[@randymo3371]

Didn't Philly vote blue ???

[@pohanahawaii]

😩 You're mistaken to think that the arts only involved paintings and sculptures although a room would look pretty bleak without some art hanging on the walls. Everything you see around you involved "the arts" from architecture/room, fabric and fashion, computer graphics and web page, book illustration, cartoons, video games, comic books, movies to product packaging designs, etc.

[@Numba1hunna83]

@@pohanahawaii art may be important. Art degrees are not.

[@hobbesteroo]

Without art, there would be no religion.

[@pohanahawaii]

@Numba1hunna83: 😉 You sound like someone who barely finished high school so no appreciation for higher formal education. It's not just about natural talent but also techniques, practice, history, and the knowledge base of a teacher. For example, Luke Skywalker always had a strong Force presence within him but without the proper teachers and training, would never have become a Jedi master. Harry Potter was always magical but without Hogwarts, would never become anything more than a snake charmer. Schools and teachers make a difference.

[@tripledelight8104]

600 staffs for around 1300 students ????, and probably that's the reason for university close.😊

[@deebee4575]

The school had been operating without any sort of union-mandated contract for nearly a century and a half, and then, four months after the union bullied the school into accepting the first ever union-mandated agreement, the school collapsed. That must be one of them there coinkydinkydoos.

[@thomaskaiakapu2672]

Love that word "Coinkydinkydoos!"

[@Numba1hunna83]

Unions destroy everything

[@kickboxer2149]

Pretty easy concept. When firms are bullied into paying above market wages and stellar benefits that they can’t afford, and be told they can’t lay off underperformed or dead weight professors in charge of gender studies, then they quickly go bankrupt. Stop acting like unions are Christ sent and firms are malicious. Unions push firms into making choices that don’t align with the markets they inhabit. If you make $100K revenue, pay one person $20K, have COGS AT $20K rent at $20K and pay yourself &20K Then have a union tell you to pay your employee by law $50K, can you afford it? Simple .

[@cherylberkey9056]

Oh my gosh, I never heard anyone but me say coinkydinkydoo! Coinkydink for short. Heehee

[@didierduplantier8359]

They can’t sustain for long with 600 staffs for just 1300 students.

[@thebigmon]

Meanwhile some dude who went to diesel mechanic school will make more than these kids ever will and his taxes will be used to payoff these kids $100K loans.

[@tomcoop9750]

This school taught web development- which is a 6 figure field. You are ignorant on this subject.

[@roseedlesa5220]

Student loans should not be forgiven. These are individual decision to get a loan, why do I have to contribute paying to someone else debts? I've paid my dues into taxes and I cannot even afford to retire yet at 63 yrs old because of medical insurance so expensive to get privately unless you go for OBAMACARE which is practically a joke. Trump 2024!

[@teresatanyag8237]

@@tomcoop9750, Spiders make webs without going to an art school. Art is within us. Let us be practical.

[@Numba1hunna83]

​@@tomcoop9750You are ignorant for thinking web design requires going to school.

[@thebigmon]

@@tomcoop9750 I learned HTML since before these kids were born. I still have the original Dreamweaver CD. 1 out of 100,000 web "developers" make six figures, if that. The rest are working in sandwich shops. I am not ignorant on this subject.

[@jomopressley3958]

Tuition was $55,000 per year and it's a private institution. 😂

[@swaters5127]

55,000 it would HAVE to be private.

[@kidneycarecoaching3766]

That’s insane

[@jironthunder7519]

$55,000 a year? When I went it was 7500 then 12500 a year... We'll go woke.. now were broke...

[@katzgar]

@@jironthunder7519 stupid comment

[@francismarion6400]

for an art degree😂

[@richardheeth6218]

University of Arts??? Look how poor the protest signs are! No talent whatsoever.

[@pohanahawaii]

Wasn't this very sudden?

[@ivyngo110]

😂😂😂😂

[@trashyraccoon2615]

They had a theater and music school too Einstein

[@CrawfishCuban]

​@@trashyraccoon2615 They could act like they're looking for jobs now then 😂

[@raquelmangual]

😂😂😂

[@ebutuoy6463]

I don't know, I was expecting some better looking protest signs from a Art college.

[@4KindnessGal]

I bet it is their best.

[@sbffsbrarbrr]

😅😂🤣Totally underated comment!

[@moralthreat2745]

They operated for 150 years. I'm guessing they were done in by a bloated overhead. Too bad, art is important but not wholly dependent on bloated brick and mortar institutions.

[@honour82]

They'd rather close than deal with insufferable woke staff and students.

[@LadieKadie]

🎯

[@yvonneplant9434]

😅😅😅 You literally never heard of this school before this. 😅😅😅

[@auschwitzsoccercoach]

​@@yvonneplant9434he's right though.

[@robertjohnston8690]

@@yvonneplant9434 Close it down for a year and then open again with no DEI or woke bullcrap, sounds smart!

[@katzgar]

moron

[@acorreira1915]

They're actually doing the students a favor by ending the charade of an "art" degree.

[@345mrse]

It’s not a charade degree. Talent and determination for visual students.

[@Zero11_ss]

It still gets them priority for completely unrelated jobs which is what is really ridiculous

[@johnwattdotca]

@@345mrse Are you an artist or musician? You have to live your life to get better, no-one can teach you that. I am talking real life, not computerized.

[@tomcoop9750]

Web development and graphic design are creative fields that are in demand. You are ignorant.

[@Numba1hunna83]

​@tomcoop9750 You don't need a degree for web development or graphic design.

[@peachmango5347]

A benefactor pulled the plug - the taxes started working against the donation

[@tomcoop9750]

Cope

[@MadACeTeeMack]

Bingo

[@unclebuck3189]

Ironically Democrats love to tax.

[@ronl2463]

An institution whose alumni have been flipping burgers for decades.

[@yvonneplant9434]

Not true at all. No one physically flips burgers. 😅

[@Leith-t4e]

This person doesn't think people "flip burgers"? I have questions, is it the word 'flip '. Is there a burger flipper for sale on Amazon I don't know about? Confused

[@coniccinoc]

Raising my coffee this morning in a salute to this perfect comment. Well said!

[@tomcoop9750]

I make 6 figures as a graphic designer who went here for a certification. Cope harder.

[@Daryl-z4d]

Well it was manager burger flipper

[@Deepee-i4p]

600 DEI hires, destroy 150 year institution. Get Woke go Broke😂

[@QuietAZdesert]

My thoughts exactly 🤔🙄

[@didierduplantier8359]

600 staffers for just 1300 students. The gravy train has to stop sooner or later

[@katzgar]

meth troll

[@sildan1988]

At least they can have their thoughts instead repeating slogans from maga cult.

[@slicedice577]

What is WOKE? You sound like one of those GOOD PATRIOTIC CHRISTIANS

[@westerncarolina1089]

BIDENOMICS is working.

[@AppalachianPatriot]

Build Back Better Baby!

[@ANTHONYLOVE-gu1iv]

You forgot the "Psssss" before the statement! lol

[@katzgar]

meth troll

[@alaakela]

This is a private institution. They went bankrupt bc they had 600 admin for 1400 students.

[@augustday9483]

It is working for the people at the top. The rich get richer as the middle class evaporates, all according to plan.

[@rosemalibu6477]

The Left eating itself

[@evilsimeon]

Conservatives don’t go to art schools?

[@Jersey1971]

​@evilsimeon no they do real jobs lazy liberals won't do

[@goaskyourmom7671]

@@evilsimeon They don't RUN art schools.

[@Dreidcs2]

@@evilsimeonthey avoid commie universities

[@juliacarl584]

Nothing to do with it... People have finally figured out that this kind of college will never get them a job.

[@brick7719]

Jeez, now where are we supposed to go to get our quarter million dollar degree in "decolonizing and transgendering theater practices"... ?? 🤧

[@wellwait4197]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@williamfowler616]

people with real talent do not need a degree to create.

[@katzgar]

meth troll

[@Stephen-lx9nm]

​@@williamfowler616Exactly ,im not talented artistically,but even I know artists need space and freedom .Not be tied down by boundariies

[@halfdome4158]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂❤

[@ItsDanny91]

They gonna sell that real estate and make bank

[@auschwitzsoccercoach]

They'll probably use the building for 'the new residents'.

[@gregoryyorgey9142]

@@auschwitzsoccercoachyou mean illegals

[@emmanuelgoldstein1918]

Now if only this "University" had a business college that offered degress in management and finance, it might have been a different story.

[@shaggrat]

Doubt it. All the business schools are overloaded with morons thinking it will make them rich instead of getting stuck in and working hard.

[@justinleemiller]

Recent grads have told me the school is a total mess and not what it was years ago.

[@peace-yv4qd]

Looks like 600 people will have to go out and get real jobs.

[@DEE-o4v]

McDonald's and Burger King....and Popeye's (considering it's Philly) are going to get FLOODED with applications...

[@sildan1988]

Only a maga user can enjoy when people are losing their jobs. Why so much hate maga?

[@booster1469]

Move the colleges to Ukraine. That's where the money went. Let the students cross the border and come back. Lots of benefits there.

[@katzgar]

meth troll

[@matthewbaynham6286]

Money for Ukraine doesn't actual go to Ukraine, it goes to the US arms industry building weapons and ammo for Ukraine. So money for Ukraine benefits US workers in the US arms industry, also the share holders of the US arms industry.

[@dough9512]

@@matthewbaynham6286 You forgot the huge cut the Ukrainian leadership and Biden family get!

[@dough9512]

The best jobs for artists are in the southeast area!

[@Mike-uc1eu]

@@matthewbaynham6286 +10% for the big guy!

[@9davidlong]

When you hand out useless degrees and students are in debt. Your institution will fail.

[@tomcoop9750]

How is web design a useless degree?

[@9davidlong]

@tomcoop9750 Did it get you a good job? If not, it's useless.🤑

[@dianaahakim2001]

@@9davidlongdefine good job

[@9davidlong]

@@dianaahakim2001 one that fulfilled your expectations.

[@Numba1hunna83]

@tomcoop9750 You don't need a degree for web design.

[@dennisbrack3353]

Yeh. Smart, Sue a school who has no money to keep operating. Layers will be the only ones who will benefit from that stupid decision.

[@Tugela60]

What is a layer? I am not familiar with that profession.

[@Noturningbacl]

On a positive note, no more wasted days! Now they can all start their career of protesting!

[@prettyflower8577]

Mostly protests Hamas Palestine, now taking a big hit!! 😬

[@theHAL9000]

When the money runs out news can be abrupt and it's generally not pretty, whether its a school, business, organization, or an individual. The number of staffers, 600, jumps out. Don't pretend to know the background of this university, but 600 staffers may itself be a contributing factor. Facility and staffing numbers at some universities can be mind boggling, and when it involves public funds should be treated criminally. One university pointed out on Bill Maher's program has over 300 combined full-time/part-time DEI staffers. 300 plus DEI staffers? Higher education has become shockingly expensive, and its fair to on a department by department basis ask if there is value there relative to cost.

[@anye76]

That's an awful lot of staff for a small number of students. I don't understand that

[@tommcfadden5232]

Well it’s kinda like Government and Corporate America.😅😊

[@donaldkasper8346]

Happens all the time. The staff are paid by grants and Federal contracts and corporate deals. Few teach. Total number of teachers was likely 50.

[@MimiJoys]

​@@donaldkasper8346 5, you had a 0 for a typo. 😂

[@anye76]

@@donaldkasper8346 aahhhh, gotcha

[@Tugela60]

Because most of the "staff" are probably adjuncts who get paid very little or nothing.

[@peterschmidt1453]

I wonder how many DEI staff were soaking up the valuable funds and how much money is used for social causes rather than teaching the students something useful.

[@rnettles6241]

It's an ART SCHOOL. You'll learn more in lunch at Purdue.

[@ICallItAsItIs]

Good! I'm sure they were teaching nothing of importance there. No more lesbian dance theory units. Boo hoo!

[@tomcoop9750]

They didn’t teach that

[@1959LP4U]

Or that all important, high demand, high paying jobs to be had as synchronized ribbon twirlers!!! 😄😆😆😂😉🙄🤦‍♂

[@DEE-o4v]

or Gay Race theory.....

[@pohanahawaii]

🎨🎼🎬 The arts isn't only paintings and sculptures although a room would look pretty bleak without some art hanging on the walls. Everything you see around you involved "the arts" from architecture/room, fabric and fashion, computer graphics and web page, book illustration, cartoons, movies, comic books, video games to product packaging designs, etc.

[@spoonypoon7998]

​@@pohanahawaii Everything you see around you was not made by a person who has an art degree

[@viewer3412]

600 staff for 1300 students… yeah, it was going under. Should be 60 staff and students chip in to maintain the place.

[@DavidSmith-sf4rl]

That would require todays "students" to work and get their hands dirty. Not going to happen.

[@rockpadstudios]

who has money to pay $55,000 for an arts degree?

[@nightlightabcd]

I guess Trump dies, but he couldn't pas the entrance exam so he would, have others take his test, then confiscate his grades! Then he would stat his Trump University, which was a real scam!!!

[@scarygary-qq1pj]

Why do you care? We're all going to die sometime anyway.🪦⚰️

[@rockpadstudios]

@@scarygary-qq1pj That's true, if they enjoy that kind of work and they can afford it then yeah - go for it. I'm just saying going into debt for something that doesn't pay well is a mistake.

[@economicdevelopmentplannin8715]

​@@rockpadstudioswhat is debt? Exactly what is money? Is any of it actually real? If governments create money and loan money, why don't they just hire the borrowers, yet zero government jobs explicitly give preference by the amount of student loans a candidate has. Then federal student loans are forgiven at death, as if the debt never existed. The system is not what you think.... Most Money, much less "debt", isn't real. You can't owe someone something that was created out of thin air, thus why so much gets loaned out then is "forgiven". I'll make you invisible pancakes, and I expect you to pay me back for the invisible breakfast over 30 years. Sounds pretty ridiculous, yet this is what we impose upon young people.

[@sagatuppercut2960]

Rich people will spare no expense for their bratty kids.

[@BobDingus-bh3pd]

I almost went there to study animation. But I went to Temple and got a bachelor’s degree in Film and Media Arts instead. Dodged a bullet there.

[@Jr-qo4ls]

The answer to why for most problems like this is to follow the money trail. Someone wanted something, saw an opportunity and took the steps to make it happen and others helped for their own reasons.

[@vzxvz9929]

Dang! They dun got pushed from the river to the sea.

[@dilligafmofoker]

Nothing of value was lost.

[@pohanahawaii]

🎨🎼🎬 The arts isn't only paintings and sculptures although a room would look pretty bleak without some art hanging on the walls. Everything you see around you involved "the arts" from architecture/room, fabric and fashion, computer graphics and web page, book illustration, cartoons, movies, comic books, video games to product packaging designs, etc.

[@Stephen-lx9nm]

​@@pohanahawaiiCan live without any of that

[@Stephen-lx9nm]

​@@pohanahawaiiCan live without any of that

[@MimiJoys]

​@@pohanahawaii 1,300 Students and 600 staffers were let go? That's a lot of Fabric, Plaster, and Paint!! 😮

[@teekay_1]

I'm not sure why the governor is getting involved. Every university in the state could probably trim staff by 25% minimum and deliver better service to the student. And be more financially prudent. The University system should not be seen as an employer of last resort.

[@mark.J6708]

An overpaid 'staff' member for every 2 students and they can't figure out why they are broke. These are the same people who think they deserve to run the country.

[@Tugela60]

Most of the staff are likely adjuncts who are not paid, but do it as a side gig for the prestige.

[@derekcarstensen9134]

Who did you vote for is what you get, woke

[@nightlightabcd]

I don't think they voted for this!

[@Aeom_333]

Every time a bird shits on a car y’all talk about presidents. Presidents have always been shitty regardless of the side. And you nasty caucasian homunculi keep using “woke” for you own nasty hate, it’s disgusting

[@mchrysogelos7623]

@@nightlightabcd most likely they DID.

[@lu-vly]

@@nightlightabcd They are going to Art School to learn how to draw...of coarse it is😲

[@rickho69a]

Hey! The Economy is GREAT, just ask your POLITICIANS!

[@flossdaly8274]

Have never seen that many baristas in one place.

[@randyrisch188]

They did it to themselves

[@mylamberfeeties875]

Well according to bidumb there are plenty of new jobs he personally created 😉

[@OnWisconsin33]

These same art students would have no problem throwing tomato soup on the Mona Lisa.

[@nightlightabcd]

Nor would Trump or Tucker Carlson if Mona Lisa was a real American patriot! They hate that!!!

[@Aeom_333]

Seeing that the Mona Lisa is a boring ass picture, I don’t see the problem.

[@trashyraccoon2615]

Maybe it should be on you instead

[@thomasjgour4678]

Artists are lazy bums who don't want to work

[@BufordDuckworth]

This is why you never give notice when you quit. They will never offer you that level of consideration or respect.

[@mchrysogelos7623]

dumb move

[@dycedargselderbrother5353]

Depends. I once received advanced notice, which triggered a negotiation for a particular amount of work to be done for a set amount of money. I ended up with a few $10k as a severance package on top of what I would have been paid anyway. If you're unceremoniously given the boot, you're probably either easily expendable or the business is shutting down or downsizing, as is the case here. If you're useful but too expensive, they're going to look for a gentle way to replace you. If you're convinced you're a good performer and aren't being recognized for it, you probably need a new job anyway. Just make sure your self-evaluation is correct before you start burning bridges. These people talk to each other.

[@Bobcat9]

Thanks 6ABC for highlighting only one side of the story and making sure to say the least about why this is even happening. All you said @2:22 was, "UotA officials have not said how or why they suddenly run out of money to pay bills." That's your reason right there, "they suddenly ran out of money to pay bills." Does it matter how or why? Sure, that could be a different story once the dust has settled and school officials and AG investigation reveal whatever is going on, but what right do any of these protestors have to demand an insolvent institution stay open? Meanwhile, these people are protesting like there's no where else to go to school for art diplomas. It's not like Philadelphia is a one-horse-one-stop-sign-one-school town. Why should they be "outraged" (@0:08) ??? How is this a "tragedy for every student" (@2:53) ??? A tragedy? A tragedy worthy of outrage? (Meanwhile, women who are not ready or don't want a baby right now are failing to prevent making a baby such that they think they can just hire a doctor and kill it for them, and millions of other Americans demand availability of such outrageous and tragic procedure known as the human baby abortion.) Seriously, how is this outrageous and tragic? What standard of outrage and tragedy exists such that this is, but aboriton isn't? Philadelphia is a bastion of liberalism and pro-abortion/choice, ain't a cheap city to live in either, and these people are crying that a PRIVATE school closed? Seriously, give me an example of any other justified outrage and tragedy that concludes that this too is outrageous and tragic? Meanwhile, small businesses and large stores all over the nation are shuttering their doors because of the fiscal impact of crime/theft, and/or mandates of exceptionally high rises in minimum pay, all in the aftermath of 20% currency inflation in less than 3 years. Our money is worth less, therefore everything costs more, the high price of fuel is multiplying that fact, and these people are outraged at _the school_ for having to shut down, basically because they can't afford to stay open? Why can't they afford it? Poor fiscal management on the part of the school? Or poor fiscal/economic management on the part of the national government? Or both? Seems to me these students are directing their protest at the wrong organization. Economic leadership of the nation's currency since Jan'21 has been outrageous and tragic, the absolute opposite of prosperity. It ain't Republicans running the money, ain't Republicans running this school, ain't Republicans running Philadelphia... I'm not surprised this school "suddenly ran out of money"--> that's what happens when you spend money you don't have. What's the national debt now? How much over-budget is the national deficit? Just think of all the income the school would have if the President weren't trying to discharge student loans, despite the SC telling him he can't do that. If free k-12 across the nation is insufficient to _begin_ a career in anything, such that 2-4 more years of school is necessary to _begin_ a career, please explain to me how making secondary education "tuition free" will improve the outcomes which _begin_ valuable, profitable, sustainable careers? How about a negotiation? I'll start: How about only the first two years of secondary education, only at in-state public schools, will be free *IF (and only if)* the student achieves a diploma? Failing that achievement means you gotta pay. Succeeding that achievement provides honest incentive to .... succeed. Why are we including failed and incomplete students with succeeded/completed/diploma'd in the student debt debacle Democrats are trying to shoe-horn into an already trillion-dollar budget deficit? No wonder this school had to close. No wonder our money is worth less. No wonder these people are outraged... because they're stoopid. Ladies and Gentlemen, exhibit 5,849 of the far reaching effects of voting for liberal/socialist legislation and leadership. You're making yourselves slaves to government handouts, and making those of us who don't need nor want to contribute to that, have to pay for it anyway. It is a social poverty for you to decide that I must pay for handouts you demand the gov't provide.

[@richk3135]

Look for a school where the employees are recently unionized...oh, wait...

[@mojoman327]

Judging the protest signs, it's no wonder there was a layoff. Not an Artist in sight.

[@thequintanashow5058]

What the heck is a “rising junior” or a “rising senior”. Aren’t you just a “junior” or a “senior”??

[@paladinm109a6]

Rising interest rates on student loans lmao

[@emmanuelgoldstein1918]

I'm sure it has to with feelings.

[@dandandkl9048]

It’s the “everyone is special” mentality that’s been pushed since the 90’s. I remembered my niece’s son played in his first soccer match when he was 8. They came to visit my mom and I asked them how he did. He said won a participation trophy! I knew sports was never going to be same. I was coaching youth basketball then and I said that would never happen. She didn’t understand why the participation trophy was bad! She said everyone wins! Lol

[@hillbillysimmer7120]

The "rising" designation has been around a very long time. I first heard it when I was referenced as a "rising senior" in high school during the summer after my junior year in 1982. It refers to a student who has finished one year, and is waiting for the next year to start. A rising junior is a student that has completed their sophomore year, and is waiting for their junior year classes to start. It's a term commonly used over a summer break.

[@thequintanashow5058]

@@hillbillysimmer7120 OK. Appreciate that explanation. I guess I just always assumed that the day my sophomore (for example) year was done - I was a junior. I would never say “Im going to be a junior” I would just say, I’m a junior bc sophomore year was done. OK. Again, thanks for chiming in

[@matthewcaughey8898]

To run out of money someone had to be skimming it off the top. Same thing is happening to Pittsburgh technical institute here in our area. Students and staff all believe someone was funneling money to other accounts

[@hawkeye9793]

Ok, bingo.

[@GregLakatosChradm]

I hate seeing people lose their jobs.

[@peachmango5347]

Depends.

[@williampeterson4416]

What they were doing is not a job. It was an institution of indoctrination. 600 staff for 1400 students tells the DEI story. Good riddance to the woke agenda.

[@ldc5603]

How they did it was unfair but are you volunteering to pay any of their salaries???

[@dough9512]

They didn't have JOBS! They had POSITIONS!!

[@GregLakatosChradm]

@@dough9512 LOL!!! How do you fix this?

[@3ppcli]

Someone has to house, feed and give money to the 160,000 illegals in Philadelphia.

[@davidchrismer]

Before too long there will be 10 government employees per each taxpayer, figure how that will work

[@dr.emilschaffhausen4683]

Art Students: The world will lose art. AI: Hold my beer.

[@tomcoop9750]

Artists train Ai and they also use it to create better designs than the average person.

[@mchrysogelos7623]

NO thanks to "A-I" art

[@theintrovertedaspie9095]

​@@mchrysogelos7623Are you against it?

[@v.a.993]

The administration could not have sought out help? You don't close a 150-year-old institution like that.

[@anniesshenanigans3815]

600 staffers?? I would love to see that chart..

[@philosopher1a]

I know

[@Mike-uc1eu]

Inverted pyramid

[@stevekim3217]

Who’s going to train the Left in Graffiti???

[@FreeThePorgs]

Its almost like you teach “from the river to the sea” degrees!!!! Oh wait you do!!!! Paying 6-7 figure salaries on teaching how to draw smiley faces!!!!! Of course with a Palestinian flag on it!!!

[@EdnaWilkes-cy6ki]

Hope each employee find another job. Hope students find another school to go too. In this society, you have to find other doors to go through. Changes do come our way.

[@laidoffjournalist]

$73, 000 per year to attend, only to get a USELESS "art" degree.

[@lu-vly]

IKR

[@kennethharrison4847]

Many colleges are closing. This is due to falling enrollment , high wages and taxes and all the wok protesting. Then the high cost of getting a education. Many colleges will be replaced by cheaper A.I and fact Many business are wanting cheaper foreign graduates.

[@gary770se]

Little top-heavy in staff would be part of the problem ,management by the left probably the other. Of course,thats just a guess!

[@waynemanning3262]

600 staffers for 1300 students? No wonder it’s closing!

[@rickytarkowski6564]

The very same students in all these demonstions. Whiny ,entitled brats.

[@spencesanders7879]

This is what happens when universities forget why they exist. In the end you have to make more than you spend and if your graduates cannot get jobs that actually pay money they will not be able to make any endowments. All colleges exist to provide the student with the skills and knowledge to successfully perform a profession. Many modern colleges, especially "arts" colleges, have come out and said that learning a profession is not why they are there. The say Education is a end in itself. This is why graduates cannot pay their loans or get paying jobs. And why university/colleges are closing on a weekly bases.

[@Tugela60]

That is not why universities exist. Historically they were places the elite got an education so they knew their place in society, not so they could learn a profession

[@adonasbuhr2784]

Those kids should look on the bright side because now they are free to go get a STEM degree.

[@yvonneplant9434]

AI is making any degree in STEM less valuable.

[@RayBo]

@@yvonneplant9434 you are so wrong. STEM is AI. But, the smart kids are OK if you keep telling yourself that.

[@tomcoop9750]

Coding and design are STEM fields that this school taught.

[@DEE-o4v]

STEM's the way to go. You want to make money people? Go STEM.....the problem is, is that those ARE REAL degrees and you have to actually STUDY and WORK hard to get the degree. yeah...Life's a bitch ain't it? Grow UP and sober up people!

[@Whatnok]

Adults not kids💯

[@999fine4]

Learn to code.

[@emmanuelgoldstein1918]

Better yet, learn to weld!

[@jennifermcgregor5417]

👍🤣🤣🤣

[@tomcoop9750]

They teach code at UARTS. You didn’t know that? 😂 smh

[@vm-my6hg]

Plumbing is useful too

[@soulcraft_84]

I feel bad for the students, there has to be more to this story that we aren’t aware of.

[@lu-vly]

Sure...give them excuses

[@sas2300]

I have the answer, if your institution offers worthless degrees and you employ 600 staff to oversee 1400 students this is what happens when the free handouts run out. Further education institutions run at a constant loss and rely on donations and taxpayer funding. If a private institution like this can go bankrupt because it doesn't provide value for money, perhaps its time to look at the publicly funded institutions because I suspect many of them are just wasting taxpayer money and the only reason they survive is public funding....combine that with the student loan debt forgiveness that JB authorised and you have to wonder if this is the best use of taxpayers funds.

[@deborahmantha1080]

600 staffers for 1300 students! No wonder...

[@williamcooper6830]

Thanks Joe...

[@bwater9160]

The staff was shocked they were laid off? Did they think the school was going to close and they would keep their jobs?

[@patkelley8293]

Money talks and BS walks.

[@Mej_Javiky]

What misleading headline. Such poor reporting, is UArts shutting down? If so the staff was not "fired" but rather let go. More concerning are the students. What about student loans? If the government is funding the tuition, and then the college goes belly up, the government should investigate as well. Reporting like this is a major problem of why people do not watch main stream news.

[@Emyr-vz4oz]

Easy DEI

[@Mickey-jn7hy]

Why do you need a degree for a job in the arts? Especially a graduate one? Another waste of money.

[@BernardLimpet-qd8bk]

600 people... paycheck sucking!

[@Steve-n9g7i]

The school can be turned into shelter for immigrants.

[@Rebel-Unit]

QUALITY BEFORE QUANTITY. 🇺🇸💪⚡️

[@drxs5357]

That is what happens when you protest- from the river to the sea. Go to hamas and apply for a job. Ordinary people go through this all the time, no one owes you a job.

[@NPC-nh9ed]

.......WOW!!!!!......Starbucks is gonna be flooded with resumès.......

[@cyan1616]

Less 'Art', more business studies!!! Can't pay the rent with 'Art'. That's why Chicago public schools no longer include art classes in the curriculum. Only business and computer classes. We have to generate more profit producing workers to serve faithfully in the new America we're getting in the next year.

[@luciagarza1736]

Maybe they didn't know on what side the butter on the toast was on and lost funding/donors???

[@GeorgeWashingtonLaserMusket]

No problem this is a golden opportunity for them to transition to a real job. Construction in always hiring, we need more welders, plumbers, pipe layers, masons, electrician's and other useful people.

[@jwilk1281]

Im GLAD ITS CLOSING... ITS WORTHLESS

[@reinplat]

A good day for America. A good day for humanity.

[@andrewczski1969]

Why would Trump do this!?

[@auschwitzsoccercoach]

😂😂😂.

[@1959LP4U]

The country is full of too many ignorant, indoctrinated and extremely naive lunatic liberal idiots already!!!

[@DEE-o4v]

Oh...that's right HE'S not president....Bidum IS.

[@philosopher1a]

lol

[@derrickh500]

Let's "Build, Back Better", shall we?

[@lynneuribeross2695]

AMERICA IS ON LIFE SUPPORT, GOD IS ABOUT TO PULL THE PLUG, GET PRAYED UP!!!!

[@ReaverLordTonus]

Speaking as an Art School graduate who got screwed over by AI, I learned something. Art is something that anyone capable of expressing themselves through a medium that can be shared, can create. You don't need an expensive school to teach it or a degree from one to get a job doing it. If you are good at it, that's all any employer looking for an artist needs to know. I've learned more about video editing self teaching at home in the last month than I did in 3 years on campus. I'm not saying we don't need art schools, but we dont need overpriced ones that can somehow still fail like this.

[@lance8080]

Go get some real jobs

[@islamcomms]

OK. Where are all the famous people, very wealthy artists, who are from Philly? Maybe they didn't attend PSA, but people from Philly have to stick together. Kevin Bacon, Kevin Hart, Wil Smith, Richard Gere, Pink, Bradley Cooper, Tina Fey, Daryl Hall, John Oats, and so many others. Pony up some donations !!! Use your celebrity platform to get a big corporation to finance the school. Am I right? Or what?

[@dwl2383]

Imagine visiting, visually boring websites, driving vehicles that look like boxes or wearing drab every day clothing. Art and design is in everything

[@writtenhousesecurity6499]

AI has made them less needed . 🙄🙄

[@antonbeloborodov5130]

Yes Art is important. But not this school

[@emmanuelgoldstein1918]

Actually , the world got along with great art and designs for hundreds of centuries before the first art degree was ever awarded. Turns out you don't need to spend 4 years and hundreds of thousands of dollars to understand color theory.

[@tomcoop9750]

@@emmanuelgoldstein1918all of human history had art! Are you stupid!? 😂😂

[@tomcoop9750]

@@writtenhousesecurity6499artists train Ai. Plus, artists can leverage Ai better than the average person. Having a camera doesn’t make you a photographer.

[@americanitalianisrael4008]

What a Gorgeous Beautiful Elegant Mature looking Newsman.❤

[@SugarskullGeisha]

So DEI didn't save the University ?? Shocking!!!!!😂

[@josephpearlman4010]

I hope no tax money went to this useless college.

[@FlorinSutu]

A wild guess: A quarter of the 600 were employed in the D E I department.

[@doylemarkham1010]

Get rid of all the bull shit we citizens pay for.