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Encyclopedia > Apollo Group
Apollo Group Inc.
Type Public
Founded 1973
Headquarters Phoenix, Arizona
Key people John Sperling ,Founder
Industry For-Profit Education
Revenue $2.251 billion(2005)
Employees 12,000+
Slogan You Can Do This
Website www.apollogrp.edu

Apollo Group, Inc. NASDAQ: APOL is an S&P 500 corporation based in Phoenix, Arizona. Apollo Group, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides higher education to working adults. The company offers associate, bachelor, master, and doctoral degrees in business, criminal justice, general studies, health administration, and information technology. It provides program development services, which include degree program design, curriculum development, market research, student recruitment, accounting, and administrative services to regionally accredited private colleges and universities. Apollo Group also offers its educational programs worldwide through its computerized educational delivery system. In addition, it provides other services, which include recruiting and training faculty, monitoring academic quality, and providing support services. Further, the company offers professional education programs, such as continuing education for teachers; custom training; environmental training; and other programs leading to certification in the areas of business, technology, and nursing. The company owns and operates four higher-learning institutions: the University of Phoenix, Western International University, Axia College (of the University of Phoenix), the College for Financial Planning, and the Institute for Professional Development. As of November 2005, the combined enrollment of the four was approximately 315,350 students. Of these, nearly 90% attend the University of Phoenix, which Apollo describes as "the nation’s largest regionally accredited private university" [1]. A public company is a company owned by the public rather than by relatively few individuals. ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... Nickname: Valley of the Sun Location in Maricopa County and the state of Arizona Coordinates: Country United States State Arizona Counties Maricopa Incorporated February 25, 1881  - Mayor Phil Gordon (D) Area    - City 1230. ... John Sperling (1921-) is a US billionaire who is credited with leading the contemporary for-profit education movement in the United States. ... Revenue is a U.S. business term for the amount of money that a company earns from its activities in a given period, mostly from sales of products and/or services to customers. ... Employment is a contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. ... Look up Slogan in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A website (or Web site) is a collection of web pages, typically common to a particular domain name or subdomain on the World Wide Web on the Internet. ... NASDAQ in Times Square, New York City. ... The S&P 500 is an index containing the stocks of 500 Large-Cap corporations, most of which are American. ... Corporate redirects here. ... Nickname: Valley of the Sun Location in Maricopa County and the state of Arizona Coordinates: Country United States State Arizona Counties Maricopa Incorporated February 25, 1881  - Mayor Phil Gordon (D) Area    - City 1230. ... University of Phoenix (UOP) is a for-profit educational institution specializing in adult education, with campuses located throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Puerto Rico. ... The Western International University is a for-profit university owned by the Apollo Group. ... Axia College is a for-profit online college founded in March 2004. ... Ongoing events • Abramoff-Reed gambling scandal • Al Jazeera bombing memo • Avian influenza (H5N1) outbreak • Black sites scandal • Conservative leadership race (UK) • Fuel prices • Irans nuclear program • Jilin chemical plant explosions • Kashmir earthquake • Malawi food crisis • Malaysian prisoner abuse scandal • New Delhi bombings investigation • Niger food crisis • North Indian cyclone... A private university is a university that is run without the control of any government entity. ...

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History

Apollo Group, Inc. was founded in 1973 in response to a gradual shift in higher education demographics from a student population dominated by youth to one in which approximately half the students are adults and over 80 percent of whom work full-time. Apollo's founder, John Sperling, believed that employment with a single employer would be replaced by lifelong learning and employment with a variety of employers.


Corporate revenues for the year ending August 31, 2005 were $2.251 billion[2]. As of August 31, 2005, Apollo Group offers its programs and services at 90 campuses in 39 states, Puerto Rico, Alberta, and British Columbia, as well as the Netherlands.


Corporate governance

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Apollo Group, Inc.
Corporate Directors: John Blair • Dino DeConcini • Hedy Govenar • John R. Norton • John Sperling • Peter Sperling
Assets: Axia College •College for Financial Planning • Institute for Professional Development • University of Phoenix • Western International University

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About Apollo Group (199 words)
Apollo Group, Inc. was founded in 1973 in response to a gradual shift in higher education demographics from a student population dominated by youth to one in which approximately half the students are adults and over 80 percent of whom work full-time.
Apollo's founder, John Sperling, believed -- and events proved him right -- that lifelong employment with a single employer would be replaced by lifelong learning and employment with a variety of employers.
Apollo Group has enjoyed continual growth in student enrollments as well as building a strong financial record by having more than doubled its total enrollments and revenues between 2001 and 2005.
Sagar Apollo Hospital (781 words)
Apollo Hospitals across the countries have been focused on putting medical care of global standards within the reach of every individual.
A measure of the management skills of the group is the fact that over 1 million patients have been treated in the group hospitals.
The Sagar Apollo Hospital is an example of the synergy that occurs when the philanthropic outlook, commitment to humanity, entrepreneurial zeal and vision come together.
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