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University of Scandal and Corruption - BostonCard - 12-20-2022

This is a *new* thread, as I'm pretty sure I've gone with this subject line before.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/university-of-southern-california-sued-over-education-school-rankings-claims-11671561070?mod=breakingnews

USC has finally been sued for defrauding its students.  To be fair, the suit alleges "USC’s Rossier School of Education used rankings that covered their in-person programs to highlight the strength of the online offerings, even though they had different selection criteria and student populations." but I think the allegation is probably more generalizable.

BC

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RE: University of Scandal and Corruption - M T - 12-20-2022

Is this different than the (IIRC) alleged claim that they falsified their numbers to get a higher ranking?

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RE: University of Scandal and Corruption - BostonCard - 12-20-2022

Sounds like it.  It sounds like the specific allegation is that they were quoting reputation numbers from their in-person programs to market their online programs (beyond the allegation that they inflated their rankings).  Fraud upon fraud.

BC

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RE: University of Scandal and Corruption - TrumpCard - 12-20-2022

Good for the plaintiffs that California doesn't require reliance for a statutory false advertising claim.  No reasonable plaintiff could have relied on any marketing statements from U$C, let alone a statement from U$C about US News Rankings.  Talk about fraud on top of fraud.

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RE: University of Scandal and Corruption - Phogge - 12-20-2022

Once they leave the league best to ignore them. An era has ended and everyone needs to muster their hate... for Sac State, Cal Poly and Hawaii.

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