Contacts made through faith-based non-profit organizations introduced him to John Sperling and Brian Mueller, and he moved into the field of online higher education.
[1] Michael K. Clifford's early business practices involved identifying and purchasing nonprofit colleges and converting them to for-profit institutions.
[citation needed] In 2004 Clifford bought Grand Canyon University on behalf of Dream Center Education Holdings.
[6] During his tenure, at a full faculty and staff meeting, Clifford lauded the teaching of business courses and flat-out insulted liberal arts professors and their classes.
"[8] Clifford bought a bible college in Memphis in 2009, named it Victory University, and installed former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee as chancellor.