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  2. University of Phoenix - Wikipedia

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    University of Phoenix. University of Phoenix [3] ( UoPX) is a private for-profit university headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona. [a] Founded in 1976, the university confers certificates and degrees at the certificate, associate, bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degree levels.

  3. Apollo Education Group - Wikipedia

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    The University of Phoenix is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Apollo Education Group. The University of Phoenix is one of the largest higher education providers in North America. The university has approximately 40 campuses and confers degrees in over 100 degree programs at the associate, bachelor's, master's and doctoral levels.

  4. Student loans: Former University of Phoenix students get $37 ...

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    The federal government is discharging $37 million in student loans for over 1,200 former students who attended the University of Phoenix. The action applies to borrowers who enrolled in Phoenix ...

  5. Biden cancels $37 million in student loan debt for former ...

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    The Biden administration is canceling nearly $37 million of federal student loan debt for more than 1,200 borrowers who attended the University of Phoenix because it found that the for-profit ...

  6. For-profit higher education in the United States - Wikipedia

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    For-profit colleges grew again from 1972 to 1976, after the Higher Education Act of 1965, part of President Lyndon Johnson's "Great Society" of progressive reforms, was amended so that for-profit colleges could receive Pell Grants and federal student loans. University of Phoenix was a pioneer as a for-profit mega-university, schools of over ...

  7. University of Phoenix has been bad for its students ... - AOL

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    The University of Phoenix is, objectively and factually, a terrible school. According to College Score Card , only 27% of students graduate, leaving nearly three-quarters of the class in default.

  8. U of I isn’t the first to buy a for-profit college. What ...

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    The University of Idaho’s plan to purchase the University of Phoenix sparked surprise and public outcry when it was announced one day before approval by the Idaho State Board of Education. But ...

  9. John Sperling - Wikipedia

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    John Glen Sperling (January 9, 1921 – August 22, 2014) was an American billionaire businessman who is credited with having led the contemporary for-profit education movement in the United States The fortune he amassed was based on his founding of the for-profit University of Phoenix for working adults in 1976, which became part of the publicly traded Apollo Group.