USC deceptively marketed an inferior online social work graduate degree as equal to its respected on-campus program, using it as a 'cash cow,' a class-action lawsuit alleges.

Flynn was dean of the School of Social Work at USC for 21 years until her departure in 2018. She had originally been facing the same slate of federal charges as Ridley-Thomas.

Former dean of the USC School of Social Work pleaded guilty to a federal bribery charge in a political corruption case.

The School of Social Work was mocked relentlessly after the release of a Jan. 9 memo showing that the department had decided to abolish the word “field” from its curriculum, citing its ...

Under her tenure, enrollment grew from about 500 to 3,500 — making USC the largest social work program in the world. USC’s former provost praised Flynn as “innovative and entrepreneurial.” ...

The venture with 2U made USC's social work school the largest in the country, with the student body growing from about 900 in 2010 to 3,500 in 2016. Tuition climbed to $115,000 by 2021.

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 ...