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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

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Where Ideas are Contested

Great American universities have historically been the places where ideas are contested, debates are encouraged, and free speech is held sacred.
New students eat with family and friends

USC’s Class of 2022 – We’re Building a Better USC Every Year

We continue to admit a high-achieving student body whose composition more accurately reflects the diverse fabric of our national and global society.
Dr. Takeishi Saito

Congratulations to faculty recently promoted to tenure

USC is a large university with diverse schools and an abundance of departments within those schools, but I’m proud to say that we hire and cultivate world-class faculty at all levels and in all disciplines.
Provost Michael Quick speaking to an audience

Diversity, Inclusion, and the Trojan Family

We talk a great deal about the importance of our Trojan Family, and all that it means to us to be part of this large and dynamic group. Alumni are a major part, and I found it heartening to address more than 300 of them last week at the annual Alumni Leadership Conference.
Prof. Camille Rich instructs our 2018 cohort of Warrior-Scholars (USC Photo/Josh Byun)

Hitting the ground running

Welcome back to USC for what will be an exciting and engaging semester. We’ve all already hit the ground running.
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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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Interdisciplinary Teaching Grant Program

October 16th, 2018

We are pleased to introduce a new Interdisciplinary Teaching Grant program to fund grants that support interdisciplinary curriculum development through team-teaching and other teaching models that utilize expertise across the disciplines, the arts, and the professions.
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Reminder: Campus Visit by the Office for Civil Rights

October 8th, 2018

On May 24, 2018, the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights (OCR) informed the University that it was opening a directed investigation into the University’s response to reports about former employee George Tyndall.  The University has been working collaboratively with OCR to provide responsive information in connection with OCR’s review.
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USC International Artist Fellowship Program (IAF)

October 2nd, 2018

Today, I am delighted to introduce you to the 2018-2019 class of International Artist Fellows.
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Campus Visit by the Office for Civil Rights

October 1st, 2018

On May 24, 2018, the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights (OCR) informed the University that it was opening a directed investigation into the University’s response to reports about former employee George Tyndall. The University has been working collaboratively with OCR to provide responsive information in connection with OCR’s review into the University’s response to reports about former employee George Tyndall.
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3551 Trousdale Parkway, Suite 102
Los Angeles CA 90089-4019
(213) 740-2101
uscprovost@usc.edu

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