Arizona VA agency finds no wrongdoing in audit of Grand Canyon University

The Arizona State Approving Agency for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has closed its most recent risk-based audit of Grand Canyon University with no findings. The audit, which was triggered by a recent Federal Trade Commission lawsuit against the university, was the second such audit in less than a year and looked at, among other things, GCU’s doctoral disclosures and processes that are the subject of both the FTC lawsuit and a Department of Education investigation that resulted in the announcement of a record $37.7 million fine currently being disputed and appealed by GCU. In a letter to GCU dated Feb. 21, the Arizona SAA stated it “did not have any substantiated findings based on our review of Grand Canyon University.” Further, the SAA stated, “There are no findings impacting the continued approval of Grand Canyon University at this time.” A multitude of entities have found no wrongdoing in GCU’s disclosures and/or praised the university’s transparency. GCU continues to categorically deny the FTC’s and ED’s unwarranted allegations related to the doctoral program, which are part of coordinated and targeted actions the federal government is taking against the largest Christian university in the country.