University of Antelope Valley
[1] On February 29, 2024, the California Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education ordered the university to cease all operations by March 8, 2024 due to its "severe financial position" at which point it closed permanently.In 2016 the University of Antelope Valley received its regional accreditation from the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC).The institution began to pay employees primarily with stock options and faced eviction from several of its academic and residential buildings.[7] It also announced the immediate cancellation of its athletic programs, leaving its basketball teams trying to raise funds to attend national tournaments.The university was a member of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), primarily competing in the California Pacific Conference (Cal Pac) from the 2015–16 academic year until its closure during the 2023–24 season.