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Identify a for-profit college and see if you can access their annual report/financial reports. University of Phoenix is an option recommended. Can you find any financial reports? If so, what do you observe?

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This solution identifies more than one example of a for-profit college and discusses the related financial report.

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Let's take a look at a few different options. As suggested, we can use the Univ. of Phoenix as one option. I will discuss two, so that you understand the question being asked.

The University of Phoenix (UP, for ease) is owned by the Apollo Group. The Apollo Group owns several different learning and education platforms. We will always want to look at any section titled "Investor Relations" or something similar, for financial results on any website. We can click on Annual Reports and then download the 2012 ...

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