{"id":4470,"date":"2021-01-27T15:04:13","date_gmt":"2021-01-27T23:04:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/policyusc.wpengine.com\/?page_id=4470"},"modified":"2025-09-11T15:49:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T22:49:08","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/policy.usc.edu\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About USC Policies <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A USC policy is a document that contains overarching, broad-stroke statements intended to influence expected behaviors of faculty, staff, and students and ultimately support the overall culture of the university.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This site is designed to provide USC students, faculty and staff easy access to the policies that apply to them. On this site you can find:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/policy.usc.edu\/usc-policies\/policies-a-z\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">A repository of Institutional\u00a0policies and their supporting documents<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/policy.usc.edu\/usc-policies\/submit-or-revise-a-policy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Details regarding the policy development and approval process <\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/policy.usc.edu\/resources\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Useful information to help support policy development and management at the university<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The USC <a href=\"https:\/\/policy.usc.edu\/policy-on-policies\/\">Policy on Policies<\/a> outlines the University&#8217;s policy development and approval process. Please feel free to contact us at <a href=\"mailto:usc.policy@usc.edu\">usc.policy@usc.edu<\/a> with questions.&nbsp;Questions about individual policies should be directed to the contact listed at the end of each policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>If you are a faculty or staff employee, or a student, it is&nbsp;your responsibility&nbsp;to familiarize yourself with these policies and adhere to them.<\/strong>&nbsp;Because the university reserves the right to revise policy at any time, check the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/policy.usc.edu\/usc-policies\/recently-updated-policies\/\">recently updated policies<\/a> feed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-usc-button-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/oec.usc.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Visit the Office of Ethics and Compliance website<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About USC Policies A USC policy is a document that contains overarching, broad-stroke statements intended to influence expected behaviors of faculty, staff, and students and ultimately support the overall culture of the university. 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