An education technology startup that partnered with the University of Southern California to create an online teaching master’s program convinced a federal judge to dismiss claims that it helped USC artificially inflate its education school’s US News & World Report ranking.
Former students of USC’s online degree program failed to show that 2U Inc., the startup, made misleading advertisements related to the school’s programs or exercised control over statements made by USC, the US District Court for the Central District of California said Tuesday.
The students say USC and 2U violated California’s False Advertising Law, Unfair Competition Law, and Consumer …
