Update on USC’s Financial Planning and Resilience Efforts
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Dear Colleagues, We are writing to update you on the steps that USC is taking to protect our financial sustainability and academic mission. We know that the last several weeks have been stressful for many of you. We have been working diligently to evaluate the evolving landscape and how to safeguard our mission of research, education,…

Financial Planning for Sustainable Excellence
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Dear Trojan community, We write to provide details about our university’s budget and our plans for sustainable excellence in the face of rapidly rising costs of higher education. Like universities across the country, USC needs to adjust to this changing reality. To excel, we need durable budgets that not only cover today’s costs but also provide resources to seize promising opportunities. Background and Current State Last…