The College for Financial Planning® (which is comprised of the College for Financial Planning Institutes Corporation and the College for Financial Planning, Inc.) is wholly owned by Apollo Group, Inc., located in Phoenix, Arizona. Apollo Group is also the parent organization of the University of Phoenix, the Institute for Professional Development, and Western International University.
The Apollo Group makes its financial records available to prospective students, alumni, and the public at large. This financial information includes copies of annual audited consolidated financial reports and copies of the company's annual report on Form 10-K, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, exclusive of the exhibits. This information may be obtained by writing to:
Apollo Group, Inc.4025 S. Riverpoint ParkwayPhoenix, AZ 85040
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Ongoing communication plays an important role in your educational experience at the College. The College is committed to using technology and communication tools in the following ways:
Access to an extensive electronic library is available to enrolled College for Financial Planning® students from the College’s Web site. The Apollo Digital Library offers both assisted and unassisted (free) bibliographic searches on your research topic. Copies of articles cited in your bibliographic search (there is a fee for assisted article orders) and information on sources in your local libraries are also available. The library provides access to over 17 million articles and 2,500 academic journals, receiving approximately 1 billion user visits per month.
The College for Financial Planning® provides college-level distance education for adults in both self-study and instructor-led formats. The courses are designed based on the skills and knowledge necessary for competent practice. Measurable learning objectives have been developed, classified (according to cognitive level), and incorporated into the study materials to foster mastery of them.
Students are encouraged to contact faculty members to discuss concepts and principles.
The College currently implements its learning model by providing study materials, Web-based resources, and other materials. After completing the required readings, students are directed to answer review questions and compare your answers to the sample answers provided. This is a crucial step in the learning process, and helps determine mastery of the learning objectives, since final exams are graded on a criterion-referenced basis without reference to performance by other students.
The student also receives formal feedback about performance when examinations prepared by College faculty are completed.
The educational experience offered by the College is available via distance education, combining flexibility with high educational standards for adult students. Maintaining our high standards via distance education dictates that instructors carefully select, create, and standardize the instructional materials. Most courses are self-contained learning experiences. All curricula are developed around custom-designed study materials, supplemented with relevant textbooks, Web resources, and additional resource materials.
The Wall Street Journal and Barron's. Enrolled students have special subscription pricing available for these publications. If you would like to order a subscription to The Wall Street Journal or Barron's at the greatly discounted student rate, please visit http://wsjstudent.com and http://barrons.com/student. You will need the following information. School information: The first three digits of the school ZIP code are 801. The school name is College for Financial Planning®. Student Information: For the referring professor choose your instructor. You will also need to know the first four characters of your student ID#. If you prefer, call 1-800-568-7625 and give this information to the representative.
"My Enrollment Advisor, Victoria Buckingham, was a tremendous help. I described my career direction and interests, and she recommended the program that helped me toward my goals."
Jan West, State Farm
CMFC® Graduate