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A Confederate Statue Undid Carol Folt’s Chancellorship at UNC. But It May Have Landed Her USC’s Top Job. – The Chronicle of Higher Education

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By naming Carol L. Folt on Wednesday as its next president, the University of Southern California sent a clear message that the former University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill chancellor had elevated her national reputation in a grueling fight over the fate of a Confederate monument.

Folt’s chancellorship, from which she resigned in January, was a case study in crisis management, culminating with her dramatic final directive that the remnants of a controversial statue known as Silent Sam be removed from a place of prominence on North Carolina’s flagship campus. That decision, members of Southern California’s presidential-search advisory committee say, helped to establish Folt as a logical and potent pick to lead a university that has lurched from one scandal to the next in recent years.

“This was a decision of great courage and integrity, and it stands for me as a model for what university presidents should do,” said Viet Thanh Nguyen, a member of the search committee and an English professor. “For me it was very important to have someone who had the moral fortitude to deal with these issues and also had the actual experience of dealing with these issues.”

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