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More universities are disinviting commencement speakers who might challenge students’ ideas, unraveling an apolitical tradition

Delivering a university commencement address used to simply be a unique kind of honor. Speakers stand before a podium, wearing a traditional graduation cap and robe, and offer graduates life lessons ...
Washington Times

Colleges shun politics in graduation speaker invites

Top colleges are spurning politics in their commencement speaker choices as the first year of President Trump’s second term unfolds. Keynote speakers announced in recent weeks for the class of 2025 ...
Democracy Now

Rutgers Rescinds Invitation to Graduation Speaker over Support for Palestinians

In New Jersey, Rutgers University has abruptly withdrawn its invitation to a prominent biotech entrepreneur to speak at its engineering school convocation. Rami Elghandour had been scheduled to ...
The Hour

More universities are disinviting commencement speakers who might challenge students’ ideas, unraveling an apolitical tradition

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Austin Sarat, Amherst College (THE CONVERSATION) Delivering a university commencement ...
Skagit Valley Herald

More universities are disinviting commencement speakers who might challenge students’ ideas, unraveling an apolitical tradition

But today, speaking at a university commencement ceremony carries considerable risk, as Morton Schapiro, former president of Northwestern University, recently found out. Schapiro was scheduled to ...