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Grand Canyon Education, Inc.

A Phoenix-based education services company that acts as a "shared services partner" to colleges and universities, handling enrollment, marketing, and back-office operations. It grew out of Grand Canyon University, founded in 1949 as Grand Canyon College by Arizona's Southern Baptist Convention; in 2018 the university was sold to a nonprofit. The college's founding was sparked when a pastor placed a silver dollar on a communion table at a Baptist convention, inspiring donations.