Hah, yea, they're in their last year. It doesn't say how they are going to handle it. This also means there are graduates who would probably fail, too.
They are restricting new enrollment for now while they make other plans. Removing accreditation would punish the students more than the system. Also, they aren't all private.
Yes, there are a number of core kernel maintainers (alongside GK-H). Last week I got to spend the week with those designing (and am now participating in) the next iteration of how keys will be managed for the kernel supply chain. Fun times.
Honestly I use Krita for photo work now, too. Especially with the AI plugins for retouching.