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Providing academic leadership to USC

Provost Michael Quick

USC Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs Michael Quick discusses the academic priorities for the university. The USC Office of the Provost provides oversight, coordination, budgeting, and review of USC’s 19 academic units and initiatives. This includes the Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, the professional schools, educational policies, deans and faculty, research and grants, and strategic planning. In keeping with the university mission, Provost Michael Quick maintains an academic community of broad disciplines that fosters intellectual inquiry, reflection, and innovation.

Provost's Blog

Spring Semester Stress — and Help

Spring semester can be a stressful time as the academic year draws to a close.

Congratulations to our new Distinguished and University Professors

The new group of Distinguished Professors are: Paula Cannon, C.-C. Jay Kuo, and Elyn Saks; and the University Professors are Viet Thanh Nguyen and Jacob Soll.

Our Fall Admits declare: #IGotintoUSC

Across the U.S. – indeed, across the world – high school seniors are receiving word that they were admitted to USC. We received 64,000 applications – a record – and admitted just 13 percent – another record.

2018 Zumberge Diversity and Inclusion Grant Awardees

Five faculty winners of Zumberge Diversity and Inclusion Grants illustrate that across USC’s schools, we’re often working toward the same convergent goal of improving access and opportunity.
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The 2018 USC Strategic Plan – Answering The Call

Today I encourage you to take a look at our new strategic plan, which was adopted by the Board of Trustees this month.
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The 2018 USC Strategic Plan – Answering the Call

We have created a vision for the university that builds on our past to lead us forward. It calls on all of us to action, to lead our fine university with deep values, excellent teachers and researchers and mentors, strong impact in our community and in the world, and a commitment to transformation.
At USC, we provide our students with rigorous and exciting academic programs, access to the world’s best faculty and the chance to work across disciplines in an inclusive and intellectual environment. It is our privilege and our responsibility to educate leaders who will tackle society’s most intractable problems and who will change the world.

Provost Michael Quick

Supporting Our Community

We are a vibrant, diverse, intellectual community of students, faculty and staff. We have myriad ways to support our community and we continuously work to ensure a safe, productive atmosphere for all Trojans -- regardless of national origin or religious affiliation.

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Excellence in Teaching

March 27th, 2018

USC’s first priority is the education of our students. As we continue our momentous ascent and assume the responsibilities of the most influential private research university of the 21st century serving the public good, we must reaffirm our commitment to our core academic principles, equipping our students to face contemporary global challenges, helping them acquire wisdom, insight, and a love of truth and constructive skepticism.
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Advancing Scholarship in the Humanities and Social Sciences

March 27th, 2018

Please join us in congratulating our 2017-2018 awardees of the Advancing Scholarship in the Humanities and Social Sciences (ASHSS) program. (Original memo date: March 21, 2018)
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Transition at USC Pacific Asia Museum

March 9th, 2018

I write to share the news that Christina Yu Yu, director of the USC Pacific Asia Museum, has accepted a position at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, where she has been appointed as the Matsutaro Shoriki Chair, Art of Asia. She will remain in her present position until May 1, 2018.
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DACA Status Update

March 5th, 2018

This has been a time of great uncertainty for members of our community regarding the proposed rescission of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.  At least for now, because of court orders, DACA continues as it has, and today is no longer considered the expiration date for this vital program.
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Los Angeles CA 90089-4019
(213) 740-2101
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