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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Trump administration huffed and puffed its way into scaring organizers of affinity graduation ceremonies into abandoning their ...

As graduation season rolls around, conservatives are taking aim at an annual tradition that aims to celebrate the accomplishments of minority students. Affinity graduation celebrations, a ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

After being excluded last year, Jewish students will have their own graduation “affinity celebration” at Harvard University — which has been rocked by allegations of virulent antisemitism. The ...

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 ...

(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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One by one the soon-to-be graduates went to the podium. They reflected on the growth and changes that come in a high school career ...

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