Class Action,
Education Law
Jan. 5, 2023
Proposed class accuses USC education school of fraud in rankings
Submitted on behalf of three USC students seeking graduate degrees in education, the complaint accuses the university of working with a digital education technology startup for over 10 years to aggressively advertise and recruit students to the school’s online doctorate program based on fraudulent rankings




A proposed class action alleges USC withheld data to artificially boost its ranking on U.S. News & World Report’s list of best graduate schools.
Submitted on behalf of three USC students seeking graduate degrees in education, the complaint accuses the university of working with a digital education technology startup for over 10 years to aggressively advertise and recruit students to the school’s online doctorate program based on fraudu...
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