A team of accreditors reviewing the University of Phoenix has recommended that the school be placed on probation, the university's parent said Monday, jeopardizing the reputation of the nation's largest for-profit college and its ability to collect federal student aid dollars crucial to the school's bottom line.
The Apollo Group, which owns the 319,000-student university, said in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission that a regional accreditation review team determined that the University of Phoenix had "insufficient autonomy" from its corporate parent -– a development that may prevent the university from achieving its "mission and successful operation." The Apollo Group controls the leadership of the University of Phoenix board.
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