Temple University Fires a Dean Over Falsified Rankings Data

Temple asked Moshe Porat, Fox School of Business dean of 22 years, to step down after results of a review by law firm Jones Day were made public

The dean of Temple University’s business school was ousted this week after an outside investigation found employees had inflated student test scores and grade point averages used in calculating a closely watched M.B.A. ranking.

Temple’s Fox School of Business held the top spot in a U.S. News & World Report list of over 200 online master’s in business administration programs for four consecutive years, including the 2018 rankings. In January, the publication revised the school’s position to “unranked” after being notified...