After five years as president of USC, Carol Folt announced her retirement in a communitywide email Friday morning, set to begin at the end of the 2024-25 academic year. This comes after Folt’s ...

USC has named its general counsel, Beong-Soo Kim, as the incoming interim president after Carol Folt's resignation. He will temporarily oversee a campus grappling with budget cuts and threats to ...

FILE - USC President Carol Folt announced her retirement in November 2024. The newly named interim president, Beong-Soo Kim, will take office July 1, 2025. Reed Saxon / AP ...

The backstory: Kim, set to begin his new role in July, succeeds Carol Folt, who announced in November that she would step down. The fundraising picture: Folt’s two non-interim predecessors, C. L ...

After almost six years as president of USC, Carol Folt said she is “in the place I want to be.” With her retirement nearing, Folt defended how she handled the Trump administration’s new policies, the ...

Tuesday marked a transformational day for USC. After six years leading the university, USC President Carol Folt officially retired from her position. She will be replaced on an interim basis by ...

The USC Board of Trustees has appointed Beong-Soo Kim, the university’s senior vice president and general counsel, to serve as the campus’ interim president following the departure of Carol ...

Carol Folt took over in 2019, often steadying the university but drawing criticism for her handling of campus protests last spring. By Alan Blinder U.S.C. Valedictorian Graduates Without a Speech ...