Grand Canyon University, having been rebuffed once, will again attempt to become a nonprofit institution.
Grand Canyon Education Inc., the parent company of the Christian for-profit university, was rejected by the Higher Learning Commission, its accreditor, in an application to change its status in 2016. This year the company updated its application, according to a Friday news release.
In 2016 the college abandoned its efforts to make the switch after the accreditor said the university did not meet the requirements for the change. In a letter to the Securities and Exchange Commission, Grand Canyon said at the time that its proposal had been rejected because it would have relied too much on a for-profit corporation to give academic and student support.
Read more at The Chronicle of Higher Education: https://www.chronicle.com/article/Grand-Canyon-U-Will-Again-Try/242170