The Carnegie Corporation of New York honored USC President C. L. Max Nikias today with its Academic Leadership Award which comes with a $500,000 grant. Nikias has pledged the grant money to undergraduate scholarships for low-income students, the USC Neighborhood Academic Initiative and the Discovery and Global Scholars distinctions.
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