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 ...

Students who filed the lawsuit against USC said the master's social work program is an "enormous degree mill" that prioritizes profit over quality.

For weeks, Rep. Karen Bass has faced intensifying questions over her free USC master's degree in social work while in Congress. The Times reported last month that Bass was awarded a scholarship to USC ...