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In 1984, she joined the faculty of the Philadelphia College of Performing Arts, which merged in 1987 with the Philadelphia College of Art, to become the University of the Arts.
The merger year and sequence are wrong. The Philadelphia College of Performing Arts and Philadelphia College of Art merged in 1985 to form the Philadelphia Colleges of the Arts; the institution became the University of the Arts in 1987 after receiving university status.
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This sentence compresses the institutional history in a way that changes the facts.
According to institutional-history sources:
- The Philadelphia College of Performing Arts (PCPA) and the Philadelphia College of Art (PCA) merged in 1985, not 1987.
- That 1985 merger created the Philadelphia Colleges of the Arts.
- The school was then granted university status in 1987, at which point it became the University of the Arts.
So it is inaccurate to say the schools simply "merged in 1987 ... to become the University of the Arts." The accurate sequence is 1985 merger -> Philadelphia Colleges of the Arts -> 1987 university status/name University of the Arts.
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- Works - The University of the Arts - Artists - Delaware Art Museum
In 1985, PCA and PCPA merged to become the Philadelphia Colleges of the Arts... After being granted university status in 1987, the University of the Arts became the largest institution of its kind in the nation.
- University of the Arts is closing. Here's how the school started.
The Philadelphia College of Art and Philadelphia College of Performing Arts merged in 1985 to create the Philadelphia Colleges of the Arts, which after receiving university status became known as the University of the Arts.