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Association of Colleges and Schools stated it would revoke the college's accreditation on the same day of its closure. The last class of approximately 200 graduated on May 14, 1995. The number of students was 435 at the time of the college's closure. The college closed with approximately US$ 12,500,000 in debt and filed for bankruptcy the next month. The school's ninth and last president, Paul V. DeLomba, a partner and project manager with the financial services and accountancy firm
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Karsten in the early 1990s resulted in the increase of the student body to 882 in 1992. This increase in students was due to the college changing its recruiting efforts to focus on minority and international students. By 1992, 35 percent of the student body was black or
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loan at a high interest rate in order to update and maintain its buildings. The college experienced difficulties in refinancing the loan, and it also prevented the college from making "cooperative agreements" with other campuses. A turnaround strategy implemented by then-college president Robert E.
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