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University of Phoenix to Pay Record Fine for Deceptive Advertising

The University of Phoenix (UOP) and its parent company, Apollo Education Group, will settle for a record $191 million to resolve Federal Trade Commission charges that they used deceptive advertisements that falsely touted their relationships and job opportunities with companies such as AT&T, Yahoo!, Microsoft, Twitter, and The American Red Cross. Under the settlement unanimously …

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University of Phoenix Pushes Back Against FTC Investigative Demand

Court documents filed today certainly leave the impression University of Phoenix is dragging their feet in complying with a Federal Trade Commission investigation. In July of 2015 the FTC issued Civil investigative Demand requests to the University of Phoenix, requiring them to “produce material relevant to the Commission’s investigation, including information and documents relating to …

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