USC Leaders Try to Reassure Faculty over Involvement with New Accreditor, but Politics Loom

USC leaders try to reassure faculty over involvement with new accreditor, but politics loom

University of South Carolina faculty crammed into the Russell House theater on Wednesday to question the university board of trustees chairman over USC’s involvement with the creation of a new accrediting agency.

USC professors question college’s involvement in push to create new university accreditor

University of South Carolina professors fill the theater of Russell House on the Columbia campus Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025, to hear from Board Chairman Thad Westbrook on the college's involvement in a new accrediting agency. (Photo by Jessica Holdman/SC Daily Gazette)COLUMBIA — Hundreds of University of South Carolina professors packed a campus theater to hear from college leadership — many for the first time — on the involvement of the state’s l…