TO THE EDITOR:
The Daily Tar Heel’s front-page interview with Margaret Spellings touted her experience on the board of the University of Phoenix’s parent company. It glossed over an inconvenient fact: The University of Phoenix paid nearly $80 million in 2009 to settle charges that it had defrauded the U.S. Department of Education. Experience in the private sector could well be valuable in Ms. Spellings’ new role, but the University of Phoenix is the Enron of the education sector. A stint there is nothing to brag about on your resume.
Sam Shaw
Senior
History
