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 ...

The University of Southern California isn’t banning the word “field,” no matter what its School of Social Work may say. Elizabeth A. Graddy, interim provost and senior vice president for academic ...

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 ...