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Are these colleges accredited? And if so, will they still be accredited and reviewed just as they were when they were wholly owned by the University?

It smells weird that a foreign state-owned company wants to buys a US college. Maybe they want the land, or maybe its all about that tuition money. The China sees that we Americans are stupid enough to pay $30-40k per year to go to a private music college, and they want a cut of that.



It is a safe haven for capital, too - see the comment below about the 1980s Japanese property bubble.


Or most likely, they do it for the real or perceived immigration benefits. An accredited educational institution in the US can issue F-1 student visas, and these can be converted to OPT, H-1B, Greencard, and ultimately a US Citizenship. That's probably what would attract wealthy families to send their kids to an unknown no-brand college that is clearly owned by a Chinese company.




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