He raised billions of dollars, he built the Village, and elevated USC to the status of elite university. And this is now his legacy? Super sad. I don’t know the specifics (most of us don’t) but wow, I thought he would weather this with all the good things he has done for USC. The guy is certainly brilliant. Some alumni/legacy folks are probably happy to see him go since he pretty much disregarded that population in admissions and replaced it with international students. So either way, it works out for someone. Funny how USC employs thousands (5,000 full time and 15,000 at 50% or more time) and the article acts like this large population signed the letter (200-500) when in fact it was a small percentage. But nowadays, it is easy to take someone out even with a simple accusation and the media.
I don’t have enough information but I know the board was backing him till today, which said a lot, because they do know the details. The media power and pressure scares me, I don’t know what to believe with everyone being accused of something nowadays. Hard to know what is valid. It does seem pretty certain the the doctor was the sleezball.
I don’t know anyone happy about it. I just have hard time blaming a guy who did so much for the school, but either way, USC will be fine.