The diversity advantage
Fostering a more inclusive USC
22%
Percentage of first-generation college students among the incoming freshman class of 2020
21%
Percentage of undergraduates in 2020 who came from low-income families
200+
Languages spoken in the neighborhoods around USC’s campuses
Working to create a society where we all belong
How Mexico offered freedom to the enslaved people of the antebellum South
Alice Baumgartner, a new history professor at USC Dornsife, explores this little-known piece of history.
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New USC center focuses on issues affecting Latinx communities
The director of the Latinx and Latin American Studies Center shares how it will examine the racial, economic and social issues important to Latinx populations in Southern California and beyond.
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New assistant dean of diversity, equity and inclusion at USC Gould envisions a path to healing
Nickey Woods brings a background in educational psychology to the new position.
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USC Gould sets records for diversity and quality of incoming law students
Women continue to make up a growing portion of 1L students at the law school, which marked its most selective acceptance rate ever in 2021.
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Latinx Heritage Month celebrations focus on the community’s contributions to L.A.
USC virtual events run from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15, including a kickoff celebration and a series of talks about Latinx influence in Los Angeles.
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USC has made it easier than ever to celebrate all of your unique identities
The university offers more resources to students who identify as Black, Latinx, Asian, LGBTQ+, undocumented, first generation and transfer, as well as their allies.
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