University of Phoenix

With Goldman's Foray Into Higher Education, A Predatory Pursuit of Students and Revenues

HuffingtonPost.com | Chris Kirkham | Posted 12.14.2011

Read More: Goldman Sachs, Wall Street, Online College, College, University of Phoenix, Providence Equity Partners, Higher Education, Online Higher Education, Private Equity, For-Profit College, Video, Business News

Education Management Corp. was already a swiftly growing player in the lucrative world of for-profit higher education, with annual revenues topping $1...

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Many For-Profit College Executives Got Their Start At The University Of Phoenix [INFOGRAPHIC]

Posted 12.14.2011

Read More: Education, Higher Education, College, University of Phoenix, For-Profit Colleges, Video, Business News

Todd S. Nelson arrived as chief executive at Education Management Corp. in 2007, after a two-decade career at the University of Phoenix. Altogether...

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Education Nation: Teachers, Officials -- And The University Of Phoenix

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 11.27.2011

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NEW YORK -- Hundreds of players in the education debate hunkered down in a tent staked over Rockefeller Center's ice skating rink this week for NBC's ...

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Justice Department, Four States Say For-Profit College Corporation Violated Federal Law

HuffingtonPost.com | Chris Kirkham | Posted 10.08.2011

Read More: Bush Administration, Department of Education, Education Management Corp., College, False Claims Act, University of Phoenix, Federal Student Aid, Higher Education, Justice Department, Student Aid, For-Profit Colleges, Video, Business News

The U.S. Justice Department and four states sued the nation’s second-largest for-profit college corporation on Monday, alleging in a wide-ranging co...

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For-Profit Colleges On The Defensive

AP | ALAN SCHER ZAGIER | Posted 10.06.2011

Read More: Career Colleges, For-Profit Education, For-Profit Schools, Proprietary Schools, University of Phoenix, Sam Fitzgerald, For-Profit Colleges, Education News

ST. LOUIS -- They gather in a generic suburban office park, working-class students chasing a fast track to success: a college degree. But the message...

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University of Phoenix Founder Sells $57 Million In Stock As Share Prices Soar

HuffingtonPost.com | Chris Kirkham | Posted 09.12.2011

Read More: Business News, Education, Higher Education, Student Loans, College, University of Phoenix, For-Profit Colleges, Business News

In the six weeks since the Obama administration issued weaker-than-expected rules governing student debt at for-profit colleges, the University of Pho...

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Alan Singer | Posted 09.05.2011

Read More: New York Times, Education, Proprietary-Schools, Certification, University of Phoenix, General Accounting Office, Online, Education News

When I was seventeen years old I started to participate in anti-Vietnam War demonstrations. The next morning I would check for coverage in the New Yor...

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Despite Higher Costs, For-Profit Colleges Spend Much Less On Educating Students

HuffingtonPost.com | Chris Kirkham | Posted 07.26.2011

Read More: Education, Student Debt, College, University of Phoenix, Kaplan University, Student Loans for-Profit Colleges, Higher Education, For-Profit College Education Spending, Student Loans, For-Profit Colleges, Business News

For-profit colleges devote less than a third of what public universities spend on educating students, even though the for-profit institutions charge n...

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University Of Phoenix Parent Company Investigated

AP | Posted 07.17.2011

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PHOENIX — The nation's largest for-profit college says it is being investigated by the Massachusetts attorney general for possible deceptive pra...

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There's An App For That: Going To College Via Smartphone

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda M. Fairbanks | Posted 06.28.2011

Read More: App, Itunes, College, University of Phoenix, Degrees, Online, For-Profit, Technology, Uofp, Phoenixmobile, Learning, College News

Mobile devices now offer yet another option for a generation adept at distraction -- behold, going to college by smartphone. Earlier this week, the...

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For-Profit Colleges Mount Unprecedented Battle For Influence In Washington

HuffingtonPost.com | Chris Kirkham | Posted 06.25.2011

Read More: Education, Higher Education, College, Budget, Government Shutdown, University of Phoenix, For-Profit Colleges, Business News

The morning after an 11th-hour deal to avert a government shutdown earlier this month, as many in Washington were still catching up on lost sleep...

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Buying Legitimacy: How A Group Of California Executives Built An Online College Empire

HuffingtonPost.com | Chris Kirkham | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Education, Franciscan University of the Praries, University of Phoenix, Ashford University, Bridgepoint Educaiton, Colleges, Clinton Iowa, For-Profit Colleges, Business News

CLINTON, Iowa -- Inside the red brick campus of Ashford University, perched on a bluff above the Mississippi River, the door marked "President's Offic...

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University Of Phoenix Lays Off 700 Nationwide

Detroit Free Press | Posted 05.25.2011

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The University of Phoenix has laid off roughly 700 employees as it grapples with declining enrollment and changes in the way it compensates admissions...

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Update to Higher Ed Classification System Shows Huge Growth in Private, For-Profit Institutions

Audrey Watters | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Education, University of Phoenix, For-Profit Colleges, Health Profession, Chun Mei Zhao, Itt Technical Institute, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, Devry University, Business News

The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching released an update to its classification system today, and the update finds two "striking changes" in higher ed.

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University Of Phoenix Enrollment Plunges 42%

Posted 05.25.2011

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University of Phoenix enrollment dropped 42 percent in the last three months of 2010 and is expected to plummet further. Officials at the university'...

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Executives Collect $2 Billion Running U.S. For-Profit Colleges: BusinessWeek

Bloomberg | John Hechinger and John Lauerman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: For-Profit Colleges Executive Salaries, Strayer Group, Education Management Corp., For-Profit Colleges Businessweek, University of Phoenix, For-Profit Colleges, College News

Strayer Education Inc., a chain of for-profit colleges that receives three-quarters of its revenue from U.S. taxpayers, paid Chairman and Chief Execut...

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For-Profit College Shares Tumble

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Apollo Group, For-Profit College Oversight, Government Accountability Office, Education Department, University of Phoenix, For-Profit Colleges, College News

NEW YORK — Shares of for-profit schools dove Thursday after a seemingly routine program review by the Department of Education reawakened fears o...

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For-Profit Colleges Curry Favor With Candidates For State Offices

The Chronicle of Higher Education | Paul Basken | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Apollo Group, Joe Straus, For-Profit Colleges Midterm Elections, University of Phoenix, Rick Perry, For-Profit Colleges, College News

For-profit colleges may be rooting for Republicans to take over Congress in the midterm elections, but at the state level, they are largely supporting...

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Kaplan University's 'Guerrilla Registration' Forcing Students Into Debt

HuffingtonPost.com | Chris Kirkham | Posted 05.25.2011

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Arlen Castillo had just begun an online associate's degree program at Kaplan University when a family emergency forced a change of plans. Her mother i...

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Florida Investigating 5 For-Profit Colleges

AP | BILL KACZOR | Posted 05.25.2011

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida is investigating five private, for-profit colleges to determine if they've engaged in unfair or deceptive practices ...

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State Of Oregon Joins Class-Action Suit Against Apollo Group

wsj.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--The state of Oregon has joined a securities fraud class-action lawsuit against Apollo Group Inc. (APOL) and several of its execu...

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University Of Phoenix Publishes Ambiguous Self-Assessment

Posted 05.25.2011

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As for-profit colleges continue to raise eyebrows nationwide -- by exploiting veterans and lying about job opportunities, among other things -- the Un...

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For-Profit College Stocks Tumble On Enrollment Decline Warning

AP | TALI ARBEL and JANNA HERRON | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Apollo, For-Profit College Stocks, University of Phoenix, Apollo Group, For-Profit Colleges, College News

NEW YORK — The nation's largest for-profit college says it will take a big hit to enrollment – and its bottom line – as it tightens ...

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How The For-Profit College Can Destroy Your Life

The Awl | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Awl, How the for-Profit College Can Destroy Your Life, For-Rofit Colleges, University of Phoenix, For-Profit Colleges, College News

According to Frank Donoghue's book, The Last Professors, fully one-third of American two- and four-year colleges were for-profit by 2003. The Universi...

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For-Profit Colleges Graduate An Average Of 22% Of Students

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: For-Profit College Statistics, For-Profit Colleges Graduation Rate, University of Phoenix, The Education Trust, For-Profit Colleges, College News

For-profit colleges graduated an average of 22 percent of their students in 2008, according to a new report from Education Trust. That average palls ...

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