The University of Southern California has chosen as its next president Carol L. Folt, who stepped down in January as chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the university in Los Angeles announced on Wednesday. In moving west, Folt will find herself with a familiar task: to navigate a campus that seems constantly to find itself under clouds of controversy.

Folt was appointed on Wednesday by USC’s Board of Trustees. In a written statement, Rick Caruso, the university’s board chair, praised Folt. “Dr. Folt stood out from the very beginning as a courageous and compassionate person who always places the well-being of students, faculty, staff, and patients at the heart of all she does,” he said.
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