The University of Idaho will create a nonprofit to acquire the University of Phoenix in a $550 million deal unanimously approved by state education officials Thursday.

Former students at the University of Phoenix may be eligible for part of $37 million in student loan forgiveness.

The University of Arkansas system is drawing closer to an affiliation deal with the University of Phoenix, a for-profit giant that had been tangled in a legal and regulatory morass.

The University of Idaho plans to ask its Board of Regents to approve a termination agreement that will end talks with the University of Phoenix (UOPX).

The University of Idaho still needs accreditors and the federal Department of Education to approve the deal, a process that could be lengthy.

The school in Phoenix opened in 2007, when Arizona was in the midst of a doctor shortage, the university said. The school has conferred degrees to more than 430 students since then.

The University of Arkansas system has confirmed that it’s eyeing a complete acquisition of what was once the premier mega-university in the country. The for-profit in question, the University of ...

Some say University of Phoenix is known for questionable marketing and academics. Now University of Idaho takes on liability with purchase.

(TNND) — "Sandwich generation" mothers are seeing their careers crumble under the weight of their caregiving responsibilities, according to a University of Phoenix special report. These are ...

The University of Idaho wants to acquire the University of Phoenix and is offering to pay $550 million for the private, for-profit university.

MOSCOW, Idaho -- With $550 million, the University of Idaho is approved to affiliate with the University of Phoenix and transition the Arizona-based university from for-profit to not-for-profit.