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Suzanne Dworak-Peck, an internationally recognized leader in social work and a USC alumna, has donated $60 million to the USC School of Social Work, the university announced Wednesday. The gift is ...
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 ...
Graduates of USC's Master of Social Work program sued the school last week. They accused it of misrepresenting the online program and equating it to the on-campus program. They also accused the ...
USC has, along with for-profit company 2U, run a Master of Social Work program that has grown rapidly since 2010, when it had around 300 students per cohort, to over 3,000 per cohort today. Most ...
Henceforth, I will no longer be playing outfield in old man softball. Following the lead of the USC School of Social Work, in 2023, I will henceforth be dropping flyballs in the “out- practicum.” ...
LOS ANGELES — 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 ...
A USC official told NPR that the decision is ... accurately encompass and describe our work and research." The School of Social Work's interim dean, Vassilios Papadopoulos, echoed the same sentiments.
A former dean of the USC School of Social Work pleaded guilty Monday to a federal bribery charge in a political corruption case, admitting she funneled $100,000 through the university on behalf ...
The University of Southern California’s school of social work will no longer use the word “field” in its curriculum, saying it may have racist “connotations.” USC’s Suzanne Dworak-Peck ...
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) ...
A USC official told NPR that the decision is ... accurately encompass and describe our work and research." The School of Social Work's interim dean, Vassilios Papadopoulos, echoed the same sentiments.