 Shares of Grand Canyon Education NASDAQ: LOPE were soaring 12 higher in morning trading Wednesday after the for-profit education provider trounced Wall Streets expectations. Grand Canyon was different and has overcome adversity since its days as a not-for-profit educator, including earlier this year when short-seller Citron Research published one of its famed hit pieces on the company. Revenue rose 3 to 185.5 million in the quarter as enrollment at university partners -- primarily its own Grand Canyon University -- increased 8.2 to 98,326. 