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 ...

Outgoing College Dean Rakesh Khurana affirmed his commitment to inclusive programming in a Tuesday interview after Harvard announced it would no longer fund or provide campus spaces for affinity ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

(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 ...

Harvard will no longer host or fund affinity group celebrations during Commencement, the University’s former diversity office wrote in an email to affinity groups on Monday afternoon. The decision ...

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 ...

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