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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Carol Folt in 2022. (Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times) When USC trustees selected Carol Folt as their next president, they gave ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The University of Southern California’s Academic Senate, the body that represents the school’s faculty, voted to censure President ...

A senior at the University of Southern California (USC) responded to the cancelation of her school's commencement ceremony in an interview Monday. "It was genuinely devastating," USC senior Melina ...

When USC President Carol Folt called off the 65,000-attendee “main stage” commencement amid pro-Palestinian protests and anger over the cancellation of pro-Palestinian student Asna Tabassum’s speaking ...

Amid the decision to cancel this year's valedictorian speech, the University of Southern California announced it would be eliminating all outside speakers and honorees from its main-stage commencement ...

When USC trustees selected Carol Folt as their next president, they gave her one of the most challenging mandates in American higher education: Restore trust in a university diminished by scandals.

USC president Carol Folt has faced many challenges since she took the job in 2019. Folt had to restore the school’s public image after it had been rocked by scandals under previous administrations.