1. Carol Lynn Folt was born on 1951 and is an American ecologist and academic administrator, currently serving as the 12th president of the University of Southern California since July 2019.
17 Facts About Carol Folt
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Carol Folt previously served as the 11th chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from 2013 to 2019 and as interim president of Dartmouth College from 2012 to 2013.
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Carol Folt attended the University of California, Santa Barbara, receiving a Bachelor of Arts with a major in aquatic biology in 1976 and a Master of Arts in biology in 1978.
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Carol Folt received a Doctor of Philosophy in ecology from the University of California, Davis in 1982.
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Carol Folt completed postdoctoral studies at the Kellogg Biological Station of Michigan State University.
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Carol Folt joined Dartmouth College in 1983 as a research instructor in biological sciences and has conducted extensive research in metal toxicity.
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Carol Folt joined Dartmouth's administration in 2001 when she was named dean of graduate studies and associate dean of the faculty.
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Carol Folt was tapped as acting provost in 2009 and appointed provost in 2010.
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When Dartmouth president Jim Yong Kim was named as president of the World Bank in July 2012, Carol Folt was named acting president.
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Carol Folt succeeded Holden Thorp, who resigned from the position in June 2013 amid allegations of widespread academic fraud.
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Carol Folt brought forth reforms on several levels, and the probation was consequently lifted with no further sanctions after a year.
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Carol Folt resigned as chancellor on January 14,2019, effective end of the spring semester, stating: "There has been too much recent disruption due to the monument controversy".
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Carol Folt was the unanimous choice by the search committee to usher in a new era for the university following a series of high-profile scandals.
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In February 2020, Carol Folt announced a plan to eliminate tuition for families earning $80,000 or less annually.
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Carol Folt dedicated a rock garden on the USC campus to honor the university's Nisei students.
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In June 2020, Carol Folt announced the university was stripping the name of former USC President Rufus Von KleinSmid - an active supporter of the eugenics movement - from its international center for public affairs.
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Carol Folt is married to Dartmouth professor David Peart; they have two children.