Today--Phoenix Business Journal- Angela Gonzalez writes: "the Higher Learning Commission has approved Apollo Education Group Inc.'s (Nasdaq: APOL) proposed merger with a consortium of investors, marking the last regulatory approval needed for the $1.1 billion merger agreement.
Plans call for closing the deal by Feb. 1 if other closing conditions are satisfied."
http://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/news/2017/01/24/university-of-phoenix-parent-gets-final-nod-for-1b.html