A second review team considering reaccreditation of the University of Phoenix has raised questions about the sufficiency of its independence from its parent company, the Apollo Group, as well as the university’s assessment of students and the level of research and faculty scholarship related to its graduate programs. But it is recommending less-stringent consequences than did the first review panel.
The questions came even after the university made governance changes, which it said would give the institution greater autonomy from its corporate parent. The company would not say publicly what changes it had made but has acknowledged it made them after a peer-review team from its accreditor recommended in February that the university be placed on probation because of governance concerns.
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