University of Phoenix: Difference between revisions

Content deleted Content added
→‎Ownership by Apollo Global Management (2016–present): amount of lobbyists isn't relevant here, placing on Apollo Education Group
Line 103:
 
In 2021, UoPX continued to close campuses, including Atlanta and Salt Lake City.<ref>{{cite web |title=CLOSED SCHOOL MONTHLY REPORT |url=https://www2.ed.gov/offices/OSFAP/PEPS/docs/jun21sec1.pdf |publisher=US Department of Education (Federal Student Aid) |access-date=14 July 2021}}</ref> The Phoenix, Arizona campus was the only location accepting new in-person students.<ref name="ReferenceA">{{Cite web|url=https://www.phoenix.edu/campus-locations.html|title=Visit University of Phoenix - Phoenix Main Campus}}</ref> UoPX would later announce that only one campus would remain open in 2025.<ref>{{cite web |last=Steele |first=David |title=One University of Phoenix Campus Left After 2025 |url=https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2022/04/25/one-university-phoenix-campus-left-after-2025 |website=www.insidehighered.com |publisher=Inside Higher Education |access-date=27 April 2022}}</ref>
 
Lobbyists for Apollo Education, UoPX's parent company, were reduced from 27 in 2018 to 10 in 2021.<ref>{{cite web |title=Apollo Education Group |url=https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/apollo-education-group/summary?id=D000021846 |website=www.opensecrets.org |publisher=Open Secrets |access-date=25 October 2021}}</ref>
 
The 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.<ref>{{cite web |last=Wermund |first=Benjamin |title=New lawsuit targets Trump administration for stalling on borrower defense claims |url=https://www.politico.com/newsletters/morning-education/2019/06/25/new-lawsuit-targets-trump-administration-for-stalling-on-borrower-defense-claims-450427 |website=[[Politico]] |access-date=June 26, 2019}}</ref> 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."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://static1.squarespace.com/static/62d6e418e8d8517940207135/t/62e2e45a915c367b4086d7b0/1659036762506/288+Govt+Consol+Opposition+to+Motions+to+Intervene+w+Decl+of+Ben+Miller.pdf|title=Government's Consolidated Opposition to Motions to Intervene|access-date=2023-04-15}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1= Turner|first1= Cory|last2= Carrillo|first2= Sequoia|last3= Salhotra|first3= Pooja|date= 2022-08-05|title= 200k student borrowers are closer to getting their loans erased after judge's ruling|url= https://www.npr.org/2022/07/21/1112554478/student-loan-forgiveness-borrower-defense|publisher= National Public Radio|access-date= 2023-04-15}}</ref> In April 2023, the Supreme Court rejected a challenge to the settlement and allowed to proceed the debt cancellation due to alleged fraud.<ref>{{cite news |last= Hurley|first= Lawrence|date= 2023-04-13|title= Supreme Court allows $6 billion student loan debt settlement|url= https://www.cnbc.com/2023/04/13/supreme-court-allows-6-billion-student-loan-debt-settlement.html|publisher= NBC News|access-date= 2023-04-15}}</ref>