Rio Salado College: Not for Sale

by E Wayne Ross on January 25, 2008

The Chronicle News Blog: Rio Salado College: Not for Sale

It seems that an offer by a private investor to buy Rio Salado College will go nowhere.

Michael K. Clifford had sent a letter to Arizona’s Maricopa County Community College District, of which Rio Salado is a part, offering $5,000 per student or $400-million, whichever amount was greater, to purchase the two-year institution. Mr. Clifford, a born-again Christian, has an interest in online and evangelical colleges, having led investors to buy Grand Canyon University, a Christian institution, in 2004.