Monday, November 23, 2015

USC pledges new steps to increase diversity, multicultural understanding

By Teresa Watanabe, Los Angeles Times

Amid national student protests over racial bias, USC announced Monday that it would direct new funds, launch discussion forums and appoint several key staff members to spearhead efforts to increase campus understanding of multiculturalism.

"Universities should be spaces committed to showing the promise of diversity and helping everyone recognize, appreciate and respect difference," Michael W. Quick, provost and senior vice president for academic affairs, wrote in a letter to the USC community.

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