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University of Phoenix offers on-campus and online programs as well as many certificate programs. Their academic areas include business management, education, nursing, health administration, criminal justice, security, social sciences, technology, and arts and sciences. They offer certificates, associate's degrees, bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, and doctorates. Non-credit professional development and test preparation courses are also available.
University of Phoenix currently has locations in 41 US states.
University of Phoenix was founded in 1976 by Dr. John Sperling. His focus was to work with adults for whom his new institution would provide convenient class times. They now offer evening classes, flexible scheduling, a university-wide social network, online classes, a digital library, and computer simulations.
University of Phoenix has over 20 eyars of experience with online education programs. They claim that online education has been researched and proven to be just as effective as convential on-campus, classroom instruction.
Related to their online commitment, the University of Phoenix uses a wide variety of technology to enhance its on-campus program. This is also used to increase student collaboration. Their use of technology includes an ebook collection, virtual organizations, a center for mathematics excellence, a center for writing excellence, etc.
Sometimes University of Phoenix is referred to as "university phoenix" or "phoenix university".