USC Tells Philosophy Department It Cannot Honor All of Its Offers of Admission This Year

The Department of Justice determines whether universities of the UC system use criteria of diversity, equity and inclusion in their selection of students

The U.S. government has opened research on admission policies at Stanford University and on three campuses of the University of California system, including Berkeley, Los Angeles and Irvine, the Department of Justice announced.

USC Tells Philosophy Department It Cannot Honor All of Its Offers of Admission This Year

The Department of Philosophy at the University of Southern California (USC), like many departments, sends out offers of admission to its PhD program to more students than it actually expects to admit. The idea is that some accepted students will end up choosing to enroll at other universities, leaving the entering class close to the target number. There is usually wiggle room in the budget in case more than the target number choose to enroll. Bu…