Thread regarding 2U Inc. layoffs

USC Pushed a $115,000 Online Degree. Graduates Got Low Salaries, Huge Debts (Wall Street Journal)

Anyone think there will be a clawback?

https://www.wsj.com/articles/usc-online-social-work-masters-11636435900?mod=djemwhatsnews

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Post ID: @OP+1dKWrIBe

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Dude. Get a life.

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Post ID: @4pfww+1dKWrIBe

And a petition for more accountability...

https://www.change.org/p/ethics-are-the-bedrock-of-our-social-work-profession-we-expect-our-educators-to-do-what-they-expect-us-to-model-we-want-to-be-prioritized-first-as-students-we-want-our-employers-to-value-us-and-for-our-social-work-school-to-succeed

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Post ID: @6euw+1dKWrIBe

More bad press, from the LA Times editorial board.

https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2021-11-12/another-usc-embarrassment-for-profit-recruitment-tactics-left-social-work-students-laden-with-deb

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Post ID: @6wpn+1dKWrIBe

Imagine what happens if the investigation goes beyond USC.

"With 2U, we are not talking about subprime colleges like University of Phoenix or Purdue University Global, but prestigious schools like American University, Baylor University, George Washington University, Harvard University, Pepperdine University, Rice University, Syracuse University, University of California, Berkeley, University of North Carolina, University of Southern California, and Washington University."

https://www.highereducationinquirer.org/2019/10/college-meltdown-expands-to-elite.html

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Post ID: @3paj+1dKWrIBe

Here's the video from the JK conversation. Minute 20:47 to 21:07 is particularly interesting, talking about the Wall Street Journal expose and 2U's work with USC...

https://youtu.be/tiMCelnTIfM

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