Why the University of Southern California?
The University of Southern California was named “College of the Year 2000” by TIME and The Princeton Review. The publications praised the University for “one of the most ambitious social-outreach programs of any university in the nation.” USC ranks among the top 10 universities in the United States in federal research funding. Its 3,500 faculty members include Nobel Prize laureate George Olah, Jefferson lecturer Stephen Toulmin and 36 National Academy of Sciences members.