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Political and Corporate Alliances
− University of Phoenix and its parent company, Apollo Group, have been able to exact political and corporate power through key alliances.

Former George H. W. Bush appointee and head of the US Department of Education, Margaret Spellings, has been a member of the Apollo Group Board of Directors. Jane Oates, a former staffer for Senator Ted Kennedy and Department of Labor official in the is currently a vice president at Apollo Group. US Representative Nancy Pelosi's close friendship with former University of Phoenix founder has been documented by Suzanne Mettler in her book "Degrees of Inequality." National Action Network's civil rights leader Al Sharpton has also been linked to University of Phoenix, as the sponsor of Education Nation.