Wiki- Phoenix U.
The university has paid several government fines and
settled whistle-blower lawsuits concerning its admissions practices and education programs.
[66] 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.
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A 2003 lawsuit filed by two former university recruiters alleged that the university 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.
[22][23][68][69][70] The university's parent company settled by paying the government $67.5 million, plus $11 million in legal fees, without admitting any wrongdoing.
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In 2004, the
Department of Education alleged that UOPX again violated
Higher Education Act provisions that prohibit offering financial incentives to admission representatives and pressured its recruiters to enroll students.
[73] 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.
[74][75][76] 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.
[77][78] The University of Phoenix settled a false-claims suit for $78.5 million in 2009 over its recruiter-pay practices.
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In 2008, the university was the top recipient of
student financial aid funds, receiving nearly $2.48 billion.
[80] In 2009, the
Department of Education produced a report that claimed 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.
[81] In 2010, UOPX came under government scrutiny after its Phoenix and Philadelphia campuses were found to have been engaging in deceptive enrollment practices and fraudulent solicitation of
FAFSA funds.
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In 2014 the
US Department of Education's
Office of the Inspector General demanded records from the University of Phoenix and its parent company Apollo Group going back to 2007 "related to marketing, recruitment, enrollment, financial aid, fraud prevention, [and] student retention."
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In October 2015, the
U.S. Department of Defense suspended the university ability to recruit on U.S. military bases and receive federal funding for educating members of the U.S. military. In describing the suspension,
The Washington Post noted that "the decision arrives amid allegations that the university sponsored recruiting events in violation of an executive order preventing for-profit colleges from gaining preferential access to the military."
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