- Closure[edit] On January 28, 2020, the school announced that it would cease operations on both campuses and close by June 2020.[5][6][7] According to this announcement, the school's governing board determined that "the School did not have a sustainable business model that would allow it to maintain its operation as an accredited program."[8] This announcement followed the failure of discussions between the board and the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation about the creation of new, non-accredited educational programs.[7] At the time of the announcement, the school indicated they were negotiating an agreement for the 30 currently enrolled students to transfer to The Design School at ASU's Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts.[7][8]
This followed a 2014 challenge to the school's accreditation by the Higher Learning Commission, on the grounds that the accredited institution was not incorporated separately from it's funding organization, the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation.[9][10] The school maintained its accreditation through the 2020 closure announcement by establishing itself as an independent entity.[8][11][3][12] Subsequently, students, alumni and staff clashed over proposed partnerships with other institutions and the school suffered financial difficulties.[13]
It was reported that prior to the closure announcement, the school and the Foundation were in talks to develop alternative educational programming that did not require accreditation.[7] According to the foundation, the proposals that emerged from these discussions were not approved by the school's board.[8]...https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_School_of_Architecture_at_Taliesin
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