On May 1, 2006, Apollo Group, Inc., the parent corporation of the University of Phoenix, announced the resignation of its president, Dr. Laura Palmer Noone, who has been with the university since 1987 and served as its president since 2000. Although Dr. Palmer Noone is scheduled to step down from her post in July, she will continue to serve as president emerita, and also to represent the university on a variety of academic policy boards.

Apollo’s news release contained a statement from Apollo’s founder, John G. Sperling, expressing gratitude to Dr. Palmer Noone for her longtime contributions to the university: “We wish to express our appreciation to Laura for her many years of service and her unwavering focus on the mission of the University of Phoenix. We are also delighted that we will continue to benefit from her broad range of institutional knowledge, as well as her deep political and academic expertise in her new role as president emerita.”

In an interview with the Adjunct Advocate, Dr. Palmer Noone remarked that her decision to leave the university was “an entirely personal one. I have young children…and although I know they still enjoy spending time with me now, that won’t last forever. These are special years….”

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