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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...