After a six-year battle, the U.S. Department of Education has recognized Grand Canyon University's nonprofit status.
The stage was set for the lengthy high-stakes skirmish between the Phoenix-based Christian university and the federal government ater the Higher Learning Commission had approved the Christian university's nonprofit status in March 2018, shortly before Phoenix-based Grand Canyon Education Inc. spun off GCU as a separate nonprofit entity in July of that year, selling GCU for $853.1 million.
By refusing to acknowledge GCU's nonprofit status in November 2019, DOE cast the university in the same bucket as for-profit schools that are subject to tougher standards than nonprofit schools.
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