<P> The university paid $154.5 million for 20 - year naming rights for advertising purposes of the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, a municipal sports arena, home of the NFL's Arizona Cardinals, and the site of the NCAA's Fiesta Bowl . The university does not participate in intercollegiate sports . </P> <P> In 2016, talk show celebrity Ellen DeGeneres gave 10 scholarships to viewers of her show . </P> <P> Several American policymakers have been affiliated with the University of Phoenix and its parent company, Apollo Group . Former Secretary 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 the Department of Labor, became the Apollo Group's vice president for external in 2013 . US Representative Nancy Pelosi's close friendship with University of Phoenix founder John Sperling has been documented by Suzanne Mettler in her book Degrees of Inequality . </P> <P> University of Phoenix has also had an alliances with the Boys and Girls Clubs of America . In November 2014, University of Phoenix partnered with 47 historically black colleges and universities to offer UoP classes that transfer to these institutions . </P>

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