Grand Canyon University

The southern part of|The southern area of|Lower} Baptists felt the need to set up a faith-based institution that would allow local Baptists the possibility to} obtain a bachelors|a college} or master's degree without going east to one of the Baptist {schools|universities|educational institutions} in Texas . On October, Grand Canyon College {moved|migrated} to its current location in Phoenix

{Struggling|Enduring|Battling} financial and other {troubles|problems|issues} in the early {section of the|area of the|portion of the} 20 st century, the school's trustees authorized its {sales|deal} in  2004 to California-based Significant Education, LLC, {rendering it|so that it is} the first for-profit Christian {college or university|school} {in the usa|in america|in the us

In the fall of 2014, with the school in {an improved} place financially, it {declared|released} the exploration of {a positive return|an excellent return} to non-profit status on October 29. The university's president and  "We do not have a philosophical issue with having a for-profit position and having investors. {Nevertheless ,|Yet ,} the stigma surrounding the for-profit industry - many of which is {earned|well deserved|well earned}, and some not - is real in {truth|reality|simple fact} it is not And {whatever} GCU {will|really does|truly does} to separate itself, {the|their|it is} detractors continue to use this stigma to {take away|deter|from your very own} from GCU's success. {inch|inches|very well} has been immune to a lot of {the issues|the difficulties|the down sides} associated with for-profit colleges, mainly because of its {local|territorial} accreditation

March {fourth|next}, 2016, Grand Canyon's {local|territorial} accreditation body, The {Larger|Bigger} Learning Commission, formally {declined|turned down|refused} the university's petition for conversion to non-profit position. The commission's board of directors {explained} that the school would not meet all five {conditions|standards} for "such a conversion".

In 2009, home to Grand Canyon University's {Mens|In a number of|Gents} and Women's basketball {groups|clubs}, and Women's Volleyball {online games|video games|game titles}, beginning in late 2013.The three-year-old arena is already {going through|having|starting} major expansion beginning in Spring of 2014 with {the aim of|the purpose of|the objective of} expanding to about 8, 000 seats.