Phoenix's Unusual Way of Crafting Courses

The for-profit giant uses a systematic grid and a guy named 'Joe' to set curriculum

By ELIZABETH F. FARRELL

Phoenix

In a nondescript classroom at the University of Phoenix, a meteorologist, a scientist, and a philosophy instructor, together with three administrators, have two days to rewrite the curriculum for Science 362. Over scrambled eggs for breakfast and tacos for...

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