USC did not inform students that many components of the online master's of social work degree are outsourced to a for-profit education company, a lawsuit alleges. (Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times) ...

Graduates of the University of Southern California’s online social work master’s program filed a complaint Thursday, accusing the school of false advertising when it claimed that its program was the ...

Marilyn Flynn, an 84-year-old former dean of USC's School of Social Work who admitted bribing longtime Los Angeles politician Mark Ridley-Thomas while he served on the county Board of Supervisors, was ...

Federal prosecutors are asking that longtime Los Angeles politician Mark Ridley-Thomas' co-defendant -- an 84-year-old former dean of USC's school of social work who admitted bribing the ex-city ...

The University of Southern California was hit with a false advertising class action on May 4 in California Superior Court for Los Angeles County in relation to its Master of Social Work program. The ...

The flip of the calendar to a new year prompts millions of us to pledge personal improvement in the form of resolutions. In 2023, I have chosen not to participate in this annual ritual. Having reached ...

USC falsely marketed an online social-work degree program as equal to its respected on-campus offering, using it as a "cash cow" to lure in students unaware of the difference, a class-action lawsuit ...