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University of Phoenix

February 16, 2024

Not to be confused with Phoenix College.

University of Phoenix[3] (UoPX) is a privately owned 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] and has an open enrollment admissions policy for many undergraduate programs.[5] The school is owned by Apollo Global Management and Vistria Group, two US private-equity firms,[6] but is in the process of being acquired by Four Three Education, a non-profit organization affiliated with the University of Idaho.[7]

University of Phoenix
MottoWe Rise
TypePrivate for-profit university
Established1976; 48 years ago (1976)
FoundersJohn Sperling
John D. Murphy
Parent institution
Apollo Global Management and Vistria Group
AccreditationHLC
PresidentChris Lynne
Academic staff
2,727 (2022)[1]
Total staff
4,578 (2022)[1]
Students76,000 (2022)[1]
Undergraduates60,700 (2022)[1]
Postgraduates13,100 (2022)[1]
2,200 (2022)[1]
Location
Phoenix
,
Arizona
,
United States (headquarters)
CampusOnline, 1 campus under direct control[2]
Websitephoenix.edu

History edit

Foundation and rapid growth (1970s–2000s) edit

University of Phoenix was founded in 1976 by John Sperling and John D. Murphy.[8][9] In 1980, it expanded to San Jose, California, and launched its online program in 1989.[10] Much of UoPX's revenue came from employers who were subsidizing the higher education of their managers. Academic labor underwent a process of unbundling, in which "various components of the traditional faculty role (e.g., curriculum design) are divided among different entities, while others (e.g., research) are eliminated altogether".[11]

In 1994, UoPX leaders made the parent company, Apollo Group, public. Its enrollment exceeded 100,000 students by 1999.[12][13] Senator Tom Harkin, who chaired hearings on for-profit colleges, said, "I think what really turned this company is when they started going to Wall Street."[14] The sentiment was echoed by Murphy in his book Mission Forsaken: The University of Phoenix Affair with Wall Street. In 2004, Murphy thought that "the University of Phoenix abandoned its founding mission of solely serving working adult learners to admit virtually anyone with a high school diploma or GED." In terms of revenue, UoPX began to rely less on corporate assistance and more on government funding.[15] In 2007, The New York Times reported that the school's graduation rate had plummeted and that educational quality had eroded.[16]

In 2000, the federal government fined the university $6 million for including study-group meetings as instructional hours. In 2002, the Department of Education relaxed requirements on instructional hours.[17][18]

A 2003 lawsuit filed by two former university recruiters alleged that the school improperly obtained hundreds of millions of dollars in financial aid by paying its admission counselors based on the number of students they enrolled, a violation of the Higher Education Act.[17] The university's parent company settled by paying the government $67.5 million, plus $11 million in legal fees, without admitting any wrongdoing.[19][20]

In 2004, the Department of Education alleged that UoPX violated Higher Education Act provisions that prohibit financial incentives to admission representatives, and pressured its recruiters to enroll students.[21] UoPX disputed the findings but paid a $9.8 million fine as part of a settlement where it admitted no wrongdoing and was not required to return any financial aid funds.[22][23][24] The university also paid $3.5 million to the Department of Labor to settle a violation of overtime compensation regarding hours worked by UoPX's recruiters.[25][26] UoPX settled a false claims suit for $78.5 million in 2009 over its recruiter-pay practices.[27]

In 2008, Pereira & O'Dell became the lead ad agency for UoPX for a reported $220 million.[28] During the 2008–2009 fiscal year, the UoPX student body received more Pell Grant money ($656.9 million) than any other university[29] and was the top recipient of student financial aid funds, receiving almost $2.48 billion.[30]

For the 2008–2009 fiscal year, the university's student body received more Pell Grant money than any other university. The university's graduation rate was 17 percent, according to federal data that measures first-time, full-time (FTFT) undergraduate students who complete their programs at 150% of the normal time.[31] University of Phoenix has been the largest recipient of federal G.I. Bill tuition benefits[32] and the largest for-profit recipient by Pell Grant assistance funding.[33]

In 2009, the Department of Education produced a report claiming the untimely return of unearned Title IV funds for more than 10 percent of sampled students. The report also expressed concern that some students register and begin attending classes before completely understanding the implications of enrollment, including their eligibility for student financial aid. In January 2010, the parent company Apollo Group was required to post a letter of credit for $125 million by January 30 of the same year.[34] In 2010, UoPX came under government scrutiny after its Phoenix and Philadelphia campuses were found to have engaged in deceptive enrollment practices and fraudulent solicitation of FAFSA funds.[35]

Enrollment decline, transition to online courses (2010s) edit

In 2010, UoPX claimed a peak enrollment of more than 470,000 students with a revenue of $4.95 billion.[36] A 2010 report found that its online graduation rate at the time was only five percent.[37] Later in the year, the university paid $154.5 million for 20-year naming rights for advertising purposes of the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. The company terminated the naming rights deal on April 11, 2017,[38] and on September 4, 2018, the stadium's naming rights were acquired by State Farm.[39]

 
State Farm Stadium, formerly University of Phoenix Stadium, a sports stadium in Glendale, Arizona that the corporation paid for naming rights from 2006 to 2018.

In August 2010, an ABC News investigation identified a UoPX recruiter who sought new students from Y-Haven, a homeless shelter in Cleveland, Ohio. Another University of Phoenix recruiter falsely claimed that the university's Bachelor of Science in Education degree would be sufficient to qualify the producer[clarification needed] to teach in Texas or New York.[40]

In a December 2010 Bloomberg article, former UoPX senior vice president Robert W. Tucker noted that "at critical junctures, [co-founder] John [Sperling] chose growth over academic integrity, which ultimately diminished a powerful educational model".[41] At its peak, UoPX operated more than 500 campuses and learning sites.[42] The university began to focus on opening new resource centers for online students to provide spaces for alumni to network and current students to seek assistance from professors and peers.[43]

In August 2011, Apollo Group announced it would buy 100% of Carnegie Learning to accelerate its efforts to incorporate adaptive learning into its academic platform.[44] Controversies concerned its marketing and recruitment practices, instructional hours, its status as one of the top recipients of student aid, and a student body carrying the most student debt of any college.[45]

In 2013, the Department of Defense ended its contract with University of Phoenix for military bases in Europe.[46] U.S. military commanders at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, allowed UoPX representatives to advertise and place promotional materials in high-traffic areas. Access was provided in exchange for cash.[47] Some critics of for-profit higher education have alleged that Apollo Education Group and University of Phoenix "prey upon veterans".[48][49]

Murphy wrote in Mission Forsaken (2013) about the school's degeneration from a provider of working adult continuing education programs to a money making machine whose sole criterion for admission was eligibility for federally funded student loans.[50][51]

In 2014 the Department of Education's Office of the Inspector General demanded records from the school and Apollo Group going back to 2007 "related to marketing, recruitment, enrollment, financial aid, fraud prevention, [and] student retention".[52] In the same year, Arthur Green, a former UoPX enrollment advisor, sued the school and claimed that it had violated the US False Claims Act. According to Green, he was fired for uncovering billions of dollars in fraud.[53][54] Five years later, the case was dismissed in 2019 after the US Department of Justice under William Barr decided not to take the case and the records were sealed.[55]

In 2014, UoPX partnered with 47 historically black colleges and universities to offer UoPX classes that transfer to these institutions.[56] 142,500 students enrolled on August 31, 2016,[57] and 119,938 during the 2016–17 school year.[citation needed] During this time, the university continued to spend tens of millions of dollars on marketing and advertising, including $27 million on internet paid search advertising.[58] The Brookings Institution reported that UoPX spent $76 million on advertising in 2017.[59]

From 2009 to 2015, University of Phoenix received an estimated $1.2 billion of federal money issued through the G.I. Bill. The university enrolled almost 50,000 such students in 2014, twice as many as any other institution.[60]

In October 2015, the Department of Defense suspended the school's ability to recruit on U.S. military bases and receive federal funding for educating members of the U.S. military.[61] After protest from senators John McCain, Jeff Flake, and Lamar Alexander, the suspension was lifted in January 2016.[62][63]

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) began investigating the university in 2015 in regards to an advertising campaign it ran from 2012 to 2014.[64][65] On December 10, 2019, UoPX agreed to pay a settlement of $191 million related to charges that it recruited students using misleading advertisements.[65] NPR reported the amount included $50 million in cash (which was later distributed as checks to more than 100,000 former students),[66][67] as well as a $141 million cancellation in student debt, though the cancellations "won't affect student borrowers' obligations for federal or private loans".[68] The institution admitted no wrongdoing as part of the settlement, which was at the time the largest FTC settlement against a for-profit school.[65]

In 2015, MarketWatch reported that UoPX students owed more than $35 billion in student loan debt, the most of any US college at the time.[69]

Between 2010 and 2016, enrollment declined by more than 70 percent[70] amid multiple investigations, lawsuits, and controversies.[71][72][73][74][75]

In 2016, Apollo Education Group shareholders filed a class-action lawsuit against the corporation, arguing that it withheld information leading to large losses in stock prices. Several of the allegations related to UoPX's recruiting of military personnel and veterans.[76][77]

In February 2016, Apollo Group announced its sale to a private investment group comprising Apollo Global Management, the Vistria Group, and the Najafi Companies, for $1 billion. Former U.S. Department of Education deputy secretary Anthony W. Miller, partner and chief operating officer of Vistria, became chairman.[78] The sale was approved by both the Department of Education and the Higher Learning Commission (HLC).[73][79][80][81][82] In December 2016, the U.S. Department of Education approved of the sale of Apollo Education Group to Apollo Global Management. The company provided a letter of credit for up to $385 million.[83] In February 2017, after the takeover by Apollo Global Management, UoPX laid off 170 full-time faculty members.[84] According to the 2019 academic report, degreed enrollment was 87,400.[85]

Acquisition of University of Phoenix (2020s) edit

In March 2020, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced that they had suspended certification for G.I. Bill funds for new students at UoPX, citing a history of deceptive recruiting practices.[86][87] The VA withdrew its threat of sanctions in July 2020.[88] The same year, UoPX received $6.5 million in CARES Act funding[89] and $7.4 million in the second round of COVID-19 relief funds.[90] In 2020, UoPX began experimenting with micro-campuses, giving the centers a "WeWork vibe".[91]

In 2021, Bloomberg reported that Apollo's higher education investment had gained about 50 percent in value: from its $634 million initial investment to $956 million.[92] UoPX also received $3.4 million in aid through the American Rescue Plan.[93] In 2021, UoPX continued to close campuses, including Atlanta and Salt Lake City.[94] The Phoenix, Arizona campus was the only location accepting new in-person students.[2] Lobbyists for Apollo Education, UoPX's parent company, were reduced from 27 in 2018 to 10 in 2021.[95] By mid-2021, discussions were held for the sale of the school.[96]

In 2022, UoPX announced that only one campus would remain open in 2025.[97]

In 2022, University of Phoenix was one of 153 institutions included in student loan cancellation due to alleged fraud. The class action was brought by a group of more than 200,000 student borrowers in 2019, assisted by the Project on Predatory Student Lending, part of the Legal Services Center of Harvard Law School.[98] A settlement was approved in August 2022, stating that the schools on the list were included "substantial misconduct by the listed schools, whether credibly alleged or in some instances proven."[99][100] In April 2023, the Supreme Court rejected a challenge to the settlement and allowed to proceed the debt cancellation due to alleged fraud.[101]

On September 20, 2023, the Biden administration canceled nearly $37 million of federal student loan debt for more than 1,200 borrowers who were enrolled at the University of Phoenix between September 21, 2012, and December 31, 2014.[102]

Proposed acquisition by Four Three Education edit

After talks to sell the University of Phoenix to the University of Arkansas System were cancelled,[111] on May 17, 2023, the University of Idaho (U of I) announced a deal to acquire University of Phoenix for $550 million, which would in turn provide $200 million in cash and convert from for-profit to nonprofit status.[112] The total cost would be $685 million which would be raised through bonds.[113] A new entity was created for the purchase by U of I named "NewU, Inc."[114] NewU University in Washington DC, which is not affiliated with either institution, filed a claim for trademark infringement of its registered trademark "NewU Inc.",[115] causing U of I to change of the name of its newly formed entity to Four Three Education.[116] The Higher Learning Commission approved a "continuation of accreditation" for the school under Four Three Education. The Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (U of I's accreditors) would still need to approve an accreditation decision.[117]

Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador sued the University of Idaho in an attempt to void the contract, alleging that the acquisition was being pursued in violation of Idaho's Open Meetings Law. The case was brought to trial and later dismissed.[127]

Academics edit

UoPX has an open admissions policy by which most of its undergraduate programs are accessible to anyone with a high school diploma, GED, or their equivalent. Prior to 2010, the university recruited students using high-pressure sales tactics, including assertions that classes were filling fast,[22] by admissions counselors who are paid, in part, based on their success in recruiting students.[128] The university recruits students and obtains financial aid on their behalf,[22] such as the Academic Competitiveness Grant, Federal Pell Grant, National Science & Mathematics Access to Retain Talent Grant (National SMART Grant), Federal Direct Student Loan Program, Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant, Federal Direct PLUS Loans, Federal Perkins Loan, and the Wounded Warrior Project.[129] In the 2017–18 award year, 51,990 UoPX received the Federal Pell Grant.[130]

Besides postsecondary degree-level programs, the school offers continuing education courses for teachers and practitioners, professional development courses for companies, and specialized courses of study for military personnel.[131] Students spend 20 to 24 hours with an instructor during each course, and are required to collaborate on learning team projects.[132]

Students have access to class-specific online resources, which include an electronic library of textbooks and other course materials. Some academics and former students argue the abbreviated courses and the use of learning teams result in an inferior education.[17][128] UoPX has been criticized for lack of academic rigor; Henry M. Levin, a professor of higher education at Teachers College at Columbia University, called its business degree an "MBA Lite", saying "I've looked at [its] course materials. It's a very low level of instruction."[17] The university's "corporate articulation agreements" provide an alternative assessment program for people working at other companies to earn college credit for training they have completed at their jobs. To qualify for college credit, students either write an "experiential essay" or create a professional training portfolio,[133] the latter of which is a collection of documents such as transcripts from other schools, certificates, licenses, workshops or seminars.[134]

UoPX has been regionally accredited since 1978 by the HLC. In February 2013, a peer review group recommended to the HLC that the university be put on probation because it "has insufficient autonomy relative to its parent corporation".[135] On May 9, 2013, the Apollo Group filed a report with the Securities and Exchange Commission which stated that the HLC Institutional Actions Council First Committee (IACFC) had recommended to the HLC that the university retain its regional accreditation, but that the university be placed on "notice" for two years. Their concerns centered on the university's governance, student assessment, and faculty scholarship in relation to Ph.D. programs.[136] In July 2015, the HLC removed University of Phoenix from Notice Status.[137]

University of Phoenix has 18 programs with business, healthcare, nursing, counseling and education having programmatic or specialized accreditation. Some individual colleges within University of Phoenix hold specialty accreditation or are pre-accredited by accrediting agencies that are recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation.

  • School of Business – accreditation through the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP) including an Associate of Arts with a concentration in accounting or business fundamentals, a Bachelor of Science in business, a Master of Business Administration and a Doctor of Management.[138] Because UoPX's business programs are not accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), some companies will not provide tuition reimbursement for employees attending the university.[17][139][140][141]
  • College of Education – Master of Arts in Education for Elementary, Secondary and Special Education as well as a Master of Arts in Administration and Supervision is accredited by the Teacher Education Accreditation Council.[142]
  • College of Nursing – B.S. and M.S. degree programs are accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education. Graduates are eligible to take the National Council Licensure Examination, which is required in order to become a practicing registered nurse.[143] Degrees in programs for medical, public health and health administration professionals are accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education iMaster of Health Administration.[144]
  • College of Social Sciences – The Master of Science in Counseling program in Community Counseling (Phoenix and Tucson campuses only), the Master of Science in Counseling program in Mental Health Counseling (Utah campuses only), and the Master of Science in Counseling program in Clinical Mental Health Counseling (Phoenix and Tucson campuses only) are accredited by the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs.[145]

Rankings edit

UoPX was ranked 386th out of 391 schools in the 2021 Washington Monthly list of national universities.[146] The university is ranked #331-440 in the 2022 edition of the U.S. News & World Report National Universities.[147]

Ownership and leadership edit

UoPX is a subsidiary of Apollo Global Management and Vistria Group.[148] The president is Chris Lynne and the chief academic officer is John Woods.[149] Lynne previously worked at Arthur Andersen, Education Management Corporation, Northcentral University, and HotChalk.[150] Woods has a PhD in higher education administration from Bowling Green State University.[149]

Student demographics edit

According to the College Scorecard, the University of Phoenix student body's ethnic composition is 39 percent unknown, 26 percent white, 20 percent black, 11 percent Hispanic, 2 percent multiracial, with 1 percent each for Asian, American Indian/Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander as of July 2022.[151] The 2020 Academic Annual Report for UoPX indicated women make up two-thirds of the student body, the average student age is 37, and more than 83 percent of its students are employed while in school.[152] The 2020 report also noted that 21% of the student body were affiliated with the military, of which 41% are women. 26% of 2020 graduates were military-affiliated graduates.[153]

In 2020–21, 1,316 students used Department of Defense Tuition Assistance and 7,380 students used G.I. Bill funds.[154] University of Phoenix has been a partner of U.S. Army University and has had a presence at a few military bases.[155]

Faculty edit

The institution depends almost entirely on contingent faculty: about 97 percent of Phoenix instructors teach part-time, compared to 47 percent nationwide. This reliance on part-time faculty has been criticized by regulators and academic critics. Most of the classes are centrally crafted and standardized to ensure consistency and to maximize profits. No faculty members get tenure.[17][128] Adjuncts earn approximately $1000–$2000 per course.[156] Approximately 21 cents of every tuition dollar is spent on instruction.[157]

According to the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, the student to faculty ratio is 92 to 1 in the Arizona segment.[158] The university reported 76 full-time and 3,143 part-time faculty in its Arizona segment; full-time faculty make up 2 percent of the total faculty.[159]

Student outcomes edit

In 2016, a Brookings Institution study estimated University of Phoenix's five-year student loan default rate at 47 percent.[160] The College Navigator lists University of Phoenix's overall graduation rate at 15 percent.[161] According to the College Scorecard, of student debtors two years into repayment, 32 percent were in forbearance, 28 percent were not making progress, 13 percent were in deferment, 11 percent defaulted, 7 percent were making progress, 5 percent were delinquent, 2 percent were paid in full, and 1 percent were discharged.[162]

Alumni and affiliations edit

Main article: List of University of Phoenix alumni

Phoenix alumni in the government sector include Howard Schmidt,[163] Mary Peters (1994),[164] and Brad Dee (1991).[165] In the private sector, alumni include former MBA Chair at the Forbes School of Business & Technology and radio host Diane Hamilton. In military and law enforcement, alumni include Kirkland H. Donald[166] and Harold Hurtt (1991).[167] Former MSNBC anchor and a host of NBC's Early Today Christina Brown is also an alumna of the university.[168]

Athletes who have earned degrees from the university include Shaquille O'Neal (2005),[169] Lisa Leslie,[170] Michael Russell (2012),[171] and Larry Fitzgerald (2016). Fitzgerald graduated with a bachelor's degree shortly before his 33rd birthday (he began college in 2002 at the University of Pittsburgh) and was a spokesman for UoPX.[172]

Several American policymakers have been affiliated with University of Phoenix and Apollo Education. Former secretary of the Department of Education, Margaret Spellings, is a member of the Apollo Group Board of Directors.[173] Jane Oates, a former staffer for Senator Ted Kennedy and the Department of Labor, became the Apollo Group's vice president for external relations in 2013.[174] Nancy Pelosi's close friendship with Sperling has been documented by Suzanne Mettler in Degrees of Inequality.[175] University of Phoenix has community partnerships with Boys and Girls Clubs of America, the American Red Cross, and the Junior League.[176][self-published source?] In 2016, University of Phoenix partnered with the ASIS Foundation to provide scholarships for students studying for security-related degrees. In March 2016, the first ten scholarship recipients were announced.[177] In 2017, the Vistria Group was part of the deal with Apollo Global Management to take over the schools. Vistria included two friends of Barack Obama: Miller and Martin Nesbitt.[79] In 2019, the Apollo Education Group was the third largest higher education lobby, and has 18 lobbyists at the federal level.[178] In 2021, UoPX demanded that the Republican Attorneys General Association refund a donation of more than $50,000 after the organization was allegedly involved in instigating the 2021 United States Capitol attack.[179]

Notes edit

  1. ^ As of 2022, all campuses but the headquarters in Phoenix are no longer accepting new students.

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Not to be confused with Phoenix College This article may lend undue weight to certain ideas incidents or controversies Please help improve it by rewriting it in a balanced fashion that contextualizes different points of view August 2021 Learn how and when to remove this template message University of Phoenix 3 UoPX is a privately owned 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 and has an open enrollment admissions policy for many undergraduate programs 5 The school is owned by Apollo Global Management and Vistria Group two US private equity firms 6 but is in the process of being acquired by Four Three Education a non profit organization affiliated with the University of Idaho 7 University of PhoenixMottoWe RiseTypePrivate for profit universityEstablished1976 48 years ago 1976 FoundersJohn SperlingJohn D MurphyParent institutionApollo Global Management and Vistria GroupAccreditationHLCPresidentChris LynneAcademic staff2 727 2022 1 Total staff4 578 2022 1 Students76 000 2022 1 Undergraduates60 700 2022 1 Postgraduates13 100 2022 1 Doctoral students2 200 2022 1 LocationPhoenix Arizona United States headquarters CampusOnline 1 campus under direct control 2 Websitephoenix wbr edu Contents 1 History 1 1 Foundation and rapid growth 1970s 2000s 1 2 Enrollment decline transition to online courses 2010s 1 3 Acquisition of University of Phoenix 2020s 1 3 1 Proposed acquisition by Four Three Education 2 Academics 2 1 Rankings 3 Ownership and leadership 4 Student demographics 5 Faculty 6 Student outcomes 7 Alumni and affiliations 8 Notes 9 References 10 External linksHistory editFoundation and rapid growth 1970s 2000s edit University of Phoenix was founded in 1976 by John Sperling and John D Murphy 8 9 In 1980 it expanded to San Jose California and launched its online program in 1989 10 Much of UoPX s revenue came from employers who were subsidizing the higher education of their managers Academic labor underwent a process of unbundling in which various components of the traditional faculty role e g curriculum design are divided among different entities while others e g research are eliminated altogether 11 In 1994 UoPX leaders made the parent company Apollo Group public Its enrollment exceeded 100 000 students by 1999 12 13 Senator Tom Harkin who chaired hearings on for profit colleges said I think what really turned this company is when they started going to Wall Street 14 The sentiment was echoed by Murphy in his book Mission Forsaken The University of Phoenix Affair with Wall Street In 2004 Murphy thought that the University of Phoenix abandoned its founding mission of solely serving working adult learners to admit virtually anyone with a high school diploma or GED In terms of revenue UoPX began to rely less on corporate assistance and more on government funding 15 In 2007 The New York Times reported that the school s graduation rate had plummeted and that educational quality had eroded 16 In 2000 the federal government fined the university 6 million for including study group meetings as instructional hours In 2002 the Department of Education relaxed requirements on instructional hours 17 18 A 2003 lawsuit filed by two former university recruiters alleged that the school improperly obtained hundreds of millions of dollars in financial aid by paying its admission counselors based on the number of students they enrolled a violation of the Higher Education Act 17 The university s parent company settled by paying the government 67 5 million plus 11 million in legal fees without admitting any wrongdoing 19 20 In 2004 the Department of Education alleged that UoPX violated Higher Education Act provisions that prohibit financial incentives to admission representatives and pressured its recruiters to enroll students 21 UoPX disputed the findings but paid a 9 8 million fine as part of a settlement where it admitted no wrongdoing and was not required to return any financial aid funds 22 23 24 The university also paid 3 5 million to the Department of Labor to settle a violation of overtime compensation regarding hours worked by UoPX s recruiters 25 26 UoPX settled a false claims suit for 78 5 million in 2009 over its recruiter pay practices 27 In 2008 Pereira amp O Dell became the lead ad agency for UoPX for a reported 220 million 28 During the 2008 2009 fiscal year the UoPX student body received more Pell Grant money 656 9 million than any other university 29 and was the top recipient of student financial aid funds receiving almost 2 48 billion 30 For the 2008 2009 fiscal year the university s student body received more Pell Grant money than any other university The university s graduation rate was 17 percent according to federal data that measures first time full time FTFT undergraduate students who complete their programs at 150 of the normal time 31 University of Phoenix has been the largest recipient of federal G I Bill tuition benefits 32 and the largest for profit recipient by Pell Grant assistance funding 33 In 2009 the Department of Education produced a report claiming the untimely return of unearned Title IV funds for more than 10 percent of sampled students The report also expressed concern that some students register and begin attending classes before completely understanding the implications of enrollment including their eligibility for student financial aid In January 2010 the parent company Apollo Group was required to post a letter of credit for 125 million by January 30 of the same year 34 In 2010 UoPX came under government scrutiny after its Phoenix and Philadelphia campuses were found to have engaged in deceptive enrollment practices and fraudulent solicitation of FAFSA funds 35 Enrollment decline transition to online courses 2010s editIn 2010 UoPX claimed a peak enrollment of more than 470 000 students with a revenue of 4 95 billion 36 A 2010 report found that its online graduation rate at the time was only five percent 37 Later in the year the university paid 154 5 million for 20 year naming rights for advertising purposes of the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale Arizona The company terminated the naming rights deal on April 11 2017 38 and on September 4 2018 the stadium s naming rights were acquired by State Farm 39 nbsp State Farm Stadium formerly University of Phoenix Stadium a sports stadium in Glendale Arizona that the corporation paid for naming rights from 2006 to 2018 In August 2010 an ABC News investigation identified a UoPX recruiter who sought new students from Y Haven a homeless shelter in Cleveland Ohio Another University of Phoenix recruiter falsely claimed that the university s Bachelor of Science in Education degree would be sufficient to qualify the producer clarification needed to teach in Texas or New York 40 In a December 2010 Bloomberg article former UoPX senior vice president Robert W Tucker noted that at critical junctures co founder John Sperling chose growth over academic integrity which ultimately diminished a powerful educational model 41 At its peak UoPX operated more than 500 campuses and learning sites 42 The university began to focus on opening new resource centers for online students to provide spaces for alumni to network and current students to seek assistance from professors and peers 43 In August 2011 Apollo Group announced it would buy 100 of Carnegie Learning to accelerate its efforts to incorporate adaptive learning into its academic platform 44 Controversies concerned its marketing and recruitment practices instructional hours its status as one of the top recipients of student aid and a student body carrying the most student debt of any college 45 In 2013 the Department of Defense ended its contract with University of Phoenix for military bases in Europe 46 U S military commanders at Fort Campbell Kentucky allowed UoPX representatives to advertise and place promotional materials in high traffic areas Access was provided in exchange for cash 47 Some critics of for profit higher education have alleged that Apollo Education Group and University of Phoenix prey upon veterans 48 49 Murphy wrote in Mission Forsaken 2013 about the school s degeneration from a provider of working adult continuing education programs to a money making machine whose sole criterion for admission was eligibility for federally funded student loans 50 51 In 2014 the Department of Education s Office of the Inspector General demanded records from the school and Apollo Group going back to 2007 related to marketing recruitment enrollment financial aid fraud prevention and student retention 52 In the same year Arthur Green a former UoPX enrollment advisor sued the school and claimed that it had violated the US False Claims Act According to Green he was fired for uncovering billions of dollars in fraud 53 54 Five years later the case was dismissed in 2019 after the US Department of Justice under William Barr decided not to take the case and the records were sealed 55 In 2014 UoPX partnered with 47 historically black colleges and universities to offer UoPX classes that transfer to these institutions 56 142 500 students enrolled on August 31 2016 57 and 119 938 during the 2016 17 school year citation needed During this time the university continued to spend tens of millions of dollars on marketing and advertising including 27 million on internet paid search advertising 58 The Brookings Institution reported that UoPX spent 76 million on advertising in 2017 59 From 2009 to 2015 University of Phoenix received an estimated 1 2 billion of federal money issued through the G I Bill The university enrolled almost 50 000 such students in 2014 twice as many as any other institution 60 In October 2015 the Department of Defense suspended the school s ability to recruit on U S military bases and receive federal funding for educating members of the U S military 61 After protest from senators John McCain Jeff Flake and Lamar Alexander the suspension was lifted in January 2016 62 63 The Federal Trade Commission FTC began investigating the university in 2015 in regards to an advertising campaign it ran from 2012 to 2014 64 65 On December 10 2019 UoPX agreed to pay a settlement of 191 million related to charges that it recruited students using misleading advertisements 65 NPR reported the amount included 50 million in cash which was later distributed as checks to more than 100 000 former students 66 67 as well as a 141 million cancellation in student debt though the cancellations won t affect student borrowers obligations for federal or private loans 68 The institution admitted no wrongdoing as part of the settlement which was at the time the largest FTC settlement against a for profit school 65 In 2015 MarketWatch reported that UoPX students owed more than 35 billion in student loan debt the most of any US college at the time 69 Between 2010 and 2016 enrollment declined by more than 70 percent 70 amid multiple investigations lawsuits and controversies 71 72 73 74 75 In 2016 Apollo Education Group shareholders filed a class action lawsuit against the corporation arguing that it withheld information leading to large losses in stock prices Several of the allegations related to UoPX s recruiting of military personnel and veterans 76 77 In February 2016 Apollo Group announced its sale to a private investment group comprising Apollo Global Management the Vistria Group and the Najafi Companies for 1 billion Former U S Department of Education deputy secretary Anthony W Miller partner and chief operating officer of Vistria became chairman 78 The sale was approved by both the Department of Education and the Higher Learning Commission HLC 73 79 80 81 82 In December 2016 the U S Department of Education approved of the sale of Apollo Education Group to Apollo Global Management The company provided a letter of credit for up to 385 million 83 In February 2017 after the takeover by Apollo Global Management UoPX laid off 170 full time faculty members 84 According to the 2019 academic report degreed enrollment was 87 400 85 Acquisition of University of Phoenix 2020s edit In March 2020 the U S Department of Veterans Affairs VA announced that they had suspended certification for G I Bill funds for new students at UoPX citing a history of deceptive recruiting practices 86 87 The VA withdrew its threat of sanctions in July 2020 88 The same year UoPX received 6 5 million in CARES Act funding 89 and 7 4 million in the second round of COVID 19 relief funds 90 In 2020 UoPX began experimenting with micro campuses giving the centers a WeWork vibe 91 In 2021 Bloomberg reported that Apollo s higher education investment had gained about 50 percent in value from its 634 million initial investment to 956 million 92 UoPX also received 3 4 million in aid through the American Rescue Plan 93 In 2021 UoPX continued to close campuses including Atlanta and Salt Lake City 94 The Phoenix Arizona campus was the only location accepting new in person students 2 Lobbyists for Apollo Education UoPX s parent company were reduced from 27 in 2018 to 10 in 2021 95 By mid 2021 discussions were held for the sale of the school 96 In 2022 UoPX announced that only one campus would remain open in 2025 97 In 2022 University of Phoenix was one of 153 institutions included in student loan cancellation due to alleged fraud The class action was brought by a group of more than 200 000 student borrowers in 2019 assisted by the Project on Predatory Student Lending part of the Legal Services Center of Harvard Law School 98 A settlement was approved in August 2022 stating that the schools on the list were included substantial misconduct by the listed schools whether credibly alleged or in some instances proven 99 100 In April 2023 the Supreme Court rejected a challenge to the settlement and allowed to proceed the debt cancellation due to alleged fraud 101 On September 20 2023 the Biden administration canceled nearly 37 million of federal student loan debt for more than 1 200 borrowers who were enrolled at the University of Phoenix between September 21 2012 and December 31 2014 102 Proposed acquisition by Four Three Education edit After talks to sell the University of Phoenix to the University of Arkansas System were cancelled 111 on May 17 2023 the University of Idaho U of I announced a deal to acquire University of Phoenix for 550 million which would in turn provide 200 million in cash and convert from for profit to nonprofit status 112 The total cost would be 685 million which would be raised through bonds 113 A new entity was created for the purchase by U of I named NewU Inc 114 NewU University in Washington DC which is not affiliated with either institution filed a claim for trademark infringement of its registered trademark NewU Inc 115 causing U of I to change of the name of its newly formed entity to Four Three Education 116 The Higher Learning Commission approved a continuation of accreditation for the school under Four Three Education The Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities U of I s accreditors would still need to approve an accreditation decision 117 Idaho Attorney General Raul Labrador sued the University of Idaho in an attempt to void the contract alleging that the acquisition was being pursued in violation of Idaho s Open Meetings Law The case was brought to trial and later dismissed 127 Academics editUoPX has an open admissions policy by which most of its undergraduate programs are accessible to anyone with a high school diploma GED or their equivalent Prior to 2010 the university recruited students using high pressure sales tactics including assertions that classes were filling fast 22 by admissions counselors who are paid in part based on their success in recruiting students 128 The university recruits students and obtains financial aid on their behalf 22 such as the Academic Competitiveness Grant Federal Pell Grant National Science amp Mathematics Access to Retain Talent Grant National SMART Grant Federal Direct Student Loan Program Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant Federal Direct PLUS Loans Federal Perkins Loan and the Wounded Warrior Project 129 In the 2017 18 award year 51 990 UoPX received the Federal Pell Grant 130 Besides postsecondary degree level programs the school offers continuing education courses for teachers and practitioners professional development courses for companies and specialized courses of study for military personnel 131 Students spend 20 to 24 hours with an instructor during each course and are required to collaborate on learning team projects 132 Students have access to class specific online resources which include an electronic library of textbooks and other course materials Some academics and former students argue the abbreviated courses and the use of learning teams result in an inferior education 17 128 UoPX has been criticized for lack of academic rigor Henry M Levin a professor of higher education at Teachers College at Columbia University called its business degree an MBA Lite saying I ve looked at its course materials It s a very low level of instruction 17 The university s corporate articulation agreements provide an alternative assessment program for people working at other companies to earn college credit for training they have completed at their jobs To qualify for college credit students either write an experiential essay or create a professional training portfolio 133 the latter of which is a collection of documents such as transcripts from other schools certificates licenses workshops or seminars 134 UoPX has been regionally accredited since 1978 by the HLC In February 2013 a peer review group recommended to the HLC that the university be put on probation because it has insufficient autonomy relative to its parent corporation 135 On May 9 2013 the Apollo Group filed a report with the Securities and Exchange Commission which stated that the HLC Institutional Actions Council First Committee IACFC had recommended to the HLC that the university retain its regional accreditation but that the university be placed on notice for two years Their concerns centered on the university s governance student assessment and faculty scholarship in relation to Ph D programs 136 In July 2015 the HLC removed University of Phoenix from Notice Status 137 University of Phoenix has 18 programs with business healthcare nursing counseling and education having programmatic or specialized accreditation Some individual colleges within University of Phoenix hold specialty accreditation or are pre accredited by accrediting agencies that are recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation School of Business accreditation through the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs ACBSP including an Associate of Arts with a concentration in accounting or business fundamentals a Bachelor of Science in business a Master of Business Administration and a Doctor of Management 138 Because UoPX s business programs are not accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business AACSB some companies will not provide tuition reimbursement for employees attending the university 17 139 140 141 College of Education Master of Arts in Education for Elementary Secondary and Special Education as well as a Master of Arts in Administration and Supervision is accredited by the Teacher Education Accreditation Council 142 College of Nursing B S and M S degree programs are accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education Graduates are eligible to take the National Council Licensure Examination which is required in order to become a practicing registered nurse 143 Degrees in programs for medical public health and health administration professionals are accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education iMaster of Health Administration 144 College of Social Sciences The Master of Science in Counseling program in Community Counseling Phoenix and Tucson campuses only the Master of Science in Counseling program in Mental Health Counseling Utah campuses only and the Master of Science in Counseling program in Clinical Mental Health Counseling Phoenix and Tucson campuses only are accredited by the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs 145 Rankings edit UoPX was ranked 386th out of 391 schools in the 2021 Washington Monthly list of national universities 146 The university is ranked 331 440 in the 2022 edition of the U S News amp World Report National Universities 147 Ownership and leadership editUoPX is a subsidiary of Apollo Global Management and Vistria Group 148 The president is Chris Lynne and the chief academic officer is John Woods 149 Lynne previously worked at Arthur Andersen Education Management Corporation Northcentral University and HotChalk 150 Woods has a PhD in higher education administration from Bowling Green State University 149 Student demographics editAccording to the College Scorecard the University of Phoenix student body s ethnic composition is 39 percent unknown 26 percent white 20 percent black 11 percent Hispanic 2 percent multiracial with 1 percent each for Asian American Indian Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander as of July 2022 update 151 The 2020 Academic Annual Report for UoPX indicated women make up two thirds of the student body the average student age is 37 and more than 83 percent of its students are employed while in school 152 The 2020 report also noted that 21 of the student body were affiliated with the military of which 41 are women 26 of 2020 graduates were military affiliated graduates 153 In 2020 21 1 316 students used Department of Defense Tuition Assistance and 7 380 students used G I Bill funds 154 University of Phoenix has been a partner of U S Army University and has had a presence at a few military bases 155 Faculty editThe institution depends almost entirely on contingent faculty about 97 percent of Phoenix instructors teach part time compared to 47 percent nationwide This reliance on part time faculty has been criticized by regulators and academic critics Most of the classes are centrally crafted and standardized to ensure consistency and to maximize profits No faculty members get tenure 17 128 Adjuncts earn approximately 1000 2000 per course 156 Approximately 21 cents of every tuition dollar is spent on instruction 157 According to the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System the student to faculty ratio is 92 to 1 in the Arizona segment 158 The university reported 76 full time and 3 143 part time faculty in its Arizona segment full time faculty make up 2 percent of the total faculty 159 Student outcomes editIn 2016 a Brookings Institution study estimated University of Phoenix s five year student loan default rate at 47 percent 160 The College Navigator lists University of Phoenix s overall graduation rate at 15 percent 161 According to the College Scorecard of student debtors two years into repayment 32 percent were in forbearance 28 percent were not making progress 13 percent were in deferment 11 percent defaulted 7 percent were making progress 5 percent were delinquent 2 percent were paid in full and 1 percent were discharged 162 Alumni and affiliations editMain article List of University of Phoenix alumni Phoenix alumni in the government sector include Howard Schmidt 163 Mary Peters 1994 164 and Brad Dee 1991 165 In the private sector alumni include former MBA Chair at the Forbes School of Business amp Technology and radio host Diane Hamilton In military and law enforcement alumni include Kirkland H Donald 166 and Harold Hurtt 1991 167 Former MSNBC anchor and a host of NBC s Early Today Christina Brown is also an alumna of the university 168 Athletes who have earned degrees from the university include Shaquille O Neal 2005 169 Lisa Leslie 170 Michael Russell 2012 171 and Larry Fitzgerald 2016 Fitzgerald graduated with a bachelor s degree shortly before his 33rd birthday he began college in 2002 at the University of Pittsburgh and was a spokesman for UoPX 172 Several American policymakers have been affiliated with University of Phoenix and Apollo Education Former secretary of the Department of Education Margaret Spellings is a member of the Apollo Group Board of Directors 173 Jane Oates a former staffer for Senator Ted Kennedy and the Department of Labor became the Apollo Group s vice president for external relations in 2013 174 Nancy Pelosi s close friendship with Sperling has been documented by Suzanne Mettler in Degrees of Inequality 175 University of Phoenix has community partnerships with Boys and Girls Clubs of America the American Red Cross and the Junior League 176 self published source In 2016 University of Phoenix partnered with the ASIS Foundation to provide scholarships for students studying for security related degrees In March 2016 the first ten scholarship recipients were announced 177 In 2017 the Vistria Group was part of the deal with Apollo Global Management to take over the schools Vistria included two friends of Barack Obama Miller and Martin Nesbitt 79 In 2019 the Apollo Education Group was the third largest higher education lobby and has 18 lobbyists at the federal level 178 In 2021 UoPX demanded that the Republican Attorneys General Association refund a donation of more than 50 000 after the organization was allegedly involved in instigating the 2021 United States Capitol attack 179 Notes edit As of 2022 all campuses but the headquarters in Phoenix are no longer accepting new students References edit nbsp Arizona portal a b c d e f 2022 Academic Annual Report PDF a b Visit University of Phoenix Phoenix Main Campus Mission and Purpose University of Phoenix 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