The Trump administration huffed and puffed its way into scaring organizers of affinity graduation ceremonies into abandoning their celebrations, but there was no retreat in Fresno. Nationally, a ...

With the school year coming to an end at American universities across the country, colleges are taking a step to avoid the ire of the Trump administration: canceling affinity graduations. These events ...

As universities across the country cancel cultural graduation ceremonies to comply with the Trump administration’s crackdown on diversity, equity and inclusion policies, Bay Area schools have refused ...

After the University announced it would no longer host or fund affinity group celebrations for Commencement, Harvard funded an interpreter for a Tuesday disability affinity ceremony but told ...

As the Trump administration targets Harvard’s diversity programming, it remains unclear whether affinity celebrations for this year’s Commencement will occur as usual. Several affinity group leaders ...

PHOENIX (AP) — As a first-generation college student, Austin Kissinger was looking forward to celebrating graduation with others of similar backgrounds who helped each other find their way at the ...

PHOENIX — As a first-generation college student, Austin Kissinger was looking forward to celebrating graduation with others of similar backgrounds who helped each other find their way at the ...

OGDEN — In years past, Utah State University, Weber State University and the University of Utah have helped organize and host mini graduation celebrations focused on certain subsets of their ...

(CNN) — Elyse Martin-Smith began meeting with her classmates at Harvard University last summer to plan the annual Black student graduation hosted by a campus group she leads. The ceremony was set to ...

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