Venton Blandin, a Regional Edward R. Murrow recipient and Emmy winner, joined ABC15 in November 2021 and has nearly 30 years of newsroom experience, as well as experience working with the U.S. Department of Justice.
PHOENIX — For the last decade, Grand Canyon University has been fighting with the U.S. Department of Education to regain its non-profit status. The status can be a major tax benefit for a university.
"All of the metrics that would typically say to the department we have a troubled university, we have to look into, our metrics are stellar in all of those areas. So, why these little minor investigations,” added President Mueller. ABC15 reached out to the Department of Education to get a response. A spokesperson for the department sent the following statement:
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