University of Southern California

The University of Southern California Should Embrace Trump’s Compact

University of Southern California (USC) Interim President Beong Soo Kim has been handed a great gift in the form of the Trump administration’s proposed “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education.” Currently, the nine universities that have been asked to review the draft Compact have not been asked to sign it; instead, they have been […]

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Censure and Sensibility at USC

There are multiple reasons the University of Southern California (USC) Academic Senate might act to censure USC President Carol Folt. The faculty could censure her for her relatively anemic fund-raising performance over the past five years—see Contribution Revenue in USC’s Annual Reports—including her poorly received attempts to reorganize volunteer alumni and alumnae supporters; for her […]

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A Closer Look at USC Professor John Strauss

The University of Southern California (USC) Professor John Strauss’ Nov. 9 confrontation with students protesting Israel’s invasion of the Gaza strip resulted in USC Provost Andrew Guzman initially banning him from campus. Strauss’s interactions with the students were brief, concluding with his declaration that “Hamas are murderers. That’s all they are. Everyone should be killed, […]

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