The California Office of the Attorney General is investigating the University of Phoenix in a broad inquiry that covers its marketing, billing, and recruiting of members of the military since 2010.
In a financial filing on Friday the university’s parent company disclosed that it had received an investigative subpoena from the California agency on Monday and “intends to cooperate fully.”
The inquiry comes just days after the parent company, the Apollo Education Group, revealed that the university was the subject of a broad investigation by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, and just a few weeks after the Center for Investigative Reportingpublished an account suggesting that the company’s recruiting tactics toward veterans and military personnel subverted the intentions of federal rules designed to protect service members from being taken advantage of.
This week the center reported that the Department of Defense was reviewing the university’s recruiting practices.
Read more at The Chronicle of Higher Education: http://chronicle.com/blogs/ticker/california-opens-inquiry-into-u-of-phoenixs-marketing-to-military-members/102955