Online degrees made USC the world´s biggest social work school. Then things went terribly wrong
(LA Times Clippers)

A decade ago, USC was looking for a way into online education, which promised a gush of new tuition dollars without the expense of additional dorms and classrooms. Under then-Provost C.L. Max Nikias, USC signed on with an East Coast digital learning start-up, and the university´s well-regarded...