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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. It is institutionally accredited by the Higher Learning Commission [4 ...

  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. [18] The university has approximately 40 campuses and confers degrees in over 100 degree programs at the associate, bachelor's, master's and doctoral levels. [19]

  4. Higher education in the United States - Wikipedia

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    College students were involved in social movements long before the 20th century, but the most dramatic student movements rose in the 1960s. In the 1960s, students organized for civil rights and against the Vietnam War. In the 1970s, students led movements for women's rights and gay rights, as well as protests against South African apartheid. [41]

  5. 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 ...

  6. Risks are too great in the University of Idaho-Phoenix deal ...

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    To the contrary, each university was projected to add tens of millions of dollars in expenses to convert the University of Phoenix to improve student access and forgo tens of millions in revenues ...

  7. University of Idaho’s purchase of Phoenix needs more scrutiny ...

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    Phoenix’s student population of 85,000 exceeds the student population of U of I, Boise State University, Idaho State University, Lewis Clark State College, and a couple of Idaho community ...

  8. University of South Florida - Wikipedia

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    The University of South Florida (USF) is a public research university with its main campus located in Tampa, Florida, and other campuses in St. Petersburg and Sarasota. It is one of 12 members of the State University System of Florida. USF is home to 14 colleges, offering more than 240 undergraduate, graduate, specialist, and doctoral-level ...

  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 [1] 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.