Though the University of La Verne shuttered its Athens, Greece, campus in 2004, that chapter of the University’s life has not ended, as officials here are finding themselves embroiled in legal struggles stemming from the way in which the Athens campus was closed.
Although it has been more than one year since the University of La Verne closed the Athens campus, the University continues to endure negative criticism as well as seven lawsuits currently pending in Greece.
When the University of La Verne Athens campus closed abruptly this fall prior to the start of classes, the students there were given the option to come to ULV in California starting in the spring semester for a tuition price of only $8,850.
As a student (M.Ed.) and an employee (Admissions Advisor) of the ULV Athens Campus, I read your paper’s articles concerning ULV’s closing of its Athens Campus with interest.
Jacob Leveton said in his letter to the editor, regarding Core 320 and Core 340 that “staff members,” presumably in his business major, had told him that the science departments have been “very aggressive” in defending these interdisciplinary core classes, because they “don’t want to lose their jobs.”
Students reluctantly began classes at the University of Indianapolis Athens Monday, a week later than both schools were scheduled to begin, after the University of La Verne Athens lost its accreditation due to financial reasons.