The nonprofit Center for Investigative Reporting this weekpublished an article alleging that the University of Phoenix “sidesteps” an executive order by the White House that seeks to prevent for-profit colleges from paying for preferential recruiting of students who are recipients of the Post-9/11 GI Bill. The article said Phoenix has paid the U.S. military $250,000 over the last three years to sponsor 89 recruiting events, including concerts, a chocolate festival and a fashion show.
Officials with the Apollo Education Group, which owns Phoenix, said the center portrayed the university unfairly. In awritten statement, the company said it supports and has "devoted significant resources to ensure compliance" with the executive order. It also defended its outreach to veterans, saying the "work of the university and Hiring our Heroes, including its presentations, stand above reproach and should serve as an example of exactly the type of information and services our nation’s war heroes need as they transition into the civilian workforce."
Read more at Inside Higher Ed: https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2015/07/01/criticism-u-phoenixs-recruiting-veterans