A lawsuit brought by former students alleges that USC and tech company 2U Inc. aggressively advertised fraudulent rankings to bolster enrollment.
A USC official said there were inaccuracies in data reported by the Rossier School of Education going back at least five years.
Attorneys for the students are asking the court to order USC and 2U to return tuition and other costs to the more than 1,000 students who have enrolled in the Rossier School’s online EdD, a doctorate program, and masters programs since the alleged fraud began and to give up any profits it made through the courses.
The report described a practice that had unfolded since at least 2013 under Dean Karen Symms Gallagher, who led the Rossier School from 2000 to 2020, and continued under her successor, Dean Pedro Noguera. Both deans approved the misreporting, although Noguera in late 2021 alerted the school’s provost to a possible problem.
The EdD program, which is generally aimed at developing education professionals such as principals and superintendents, accepts far more students than the PhD program, which is more selective and intended toward developing scholars and professors. Favell said she began to regret the decision during the first semester, when she felt she had to learn much of the course material on her own through independent projects. After starting work as an elementary school teacher in Los Angeles, it became increasingly apparent that the program had failed to prepare her for the difficulties of teaching, including understanding special education, she said.
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