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USC-published numbers show major increases in tuition, housing, food, and parking.
USC's Student Government codes require senators to assess constituent needs 'in good faith.' There is no definition of what that means, no enforcement mechanism, and no consequence for ignoring it entirely. Most peer universities have the same problem. A few don't.
USC's Student Government finance codes grant student senators the power to suspend organizations, compel document production under threat of perjury, and distribute mandatory fees with almost no guardrails. Federal courts have spent decades telling public universities this is exactly how you get sued.
A decade of USC budget documents tells a story the administration would rather not headline. Tuition stayed flat for in-state students, sure, but everything else crept up — and nobody asked permission.