Annual Fund
The USC School of Policy, Planning, and Development (SPPD) is a world-renowned institution that cultivates scholars to improve the quality of life, locally and globally. Currently ranked 7th among "America's Best Graduate Schools" for public affairs, according to U.S. News & World Report, SPPD continues its academic excellence through research and practice.
The SPPD Annual Fund serves to provide students and faculty the finest resources of higher education. A gift to SPPD will allow the school to provide scholarships to today’s gifted students, retain award-winning faculty, advance classroom technology, promote innovative research and learning strategies, and sponsor educational labs abroad. Your donations, consequentially, improve the educational opportunities for SPPD students.
Through SPPD’s interdisciplinary studies, including planning, policy, public administration, health, and real estate development, students can learn innovative ways to building healthy and thriving communities. SPPD’s impact is also emphasized on a larger, global scale through the International Educational Labs. A gift to the SPPD Annual Fund will grant students hands-on experiences to solving the most critical societal issues, from local neighborhoods to worldwide.
One of the school’s primary objectives is to encourage interdisciplinary work through its research centers. SPPD provides a remarkably rich research environment for the faculty, who present significant contributions of knowledge in their respective fields. Your support to the SPPD Annual Fund will allow faculty to receive the best resources to conduct ground-breaking research, inviting students to explore and engage in their studies.
While we face challenges in all aspects of society, during trying economic times like these, it is comforting to know our faculty are preparing our students to tackle society’s most pressing issues and become talented leaders in SPPD’s degree programs.
In advance, we thank you for your support, and we look forward to working together as partners in the pursuit of academic excellence at the USC School of Policy, Planning, and Development!