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How For-Profit Colleges Major In Marketing & Fail Education
University of Phoenix owner, Apollo Group, is the biggest advertiser on Google, spending $400,000 a day. But all that advertising cannot save the U of Phoenix and its for-profit peers from declining student enrollments, huge drop-out rates and competition from traditional universities with better reputations.
Domestic, Education Quality, Ethics, For-Profit, Friend, Fraud, or Fishy, Graduation Rates, Minorities, Recruitment, Required, Retention Rates, Universities & Colleges Dec 31, 6:00- Opinion: How “Shareholder Value” Is Destroying For-Profit, Career Colleges
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