"Over the years, USC has climbed in the national rankings of colleges and universities.... Yet along the way, the university has too often lost its way, putting fundraising, prestige and rankings above the fundamentals of academia and the well-being of its students. It shouldn’t take a scandal or an expose for USC — and, frankly, other universities — to confront the question of whether they have sacrificed their values in pursuit of growth and tuition dollars."
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2021-11-12/another-usc-embarrassment-for-profit-recruitment-tactics-left-social-work-students-laden-with-deb