Students face off against administration year after year over speeches. The ongoing controversy at USC is just the latest example of schools having conflict with high-achieving students at graduation.

A muppet and movie stars give commencement speeches –inspiring graduates with hope, humor and a powerful call to action.

Asna Tabassum was selected as USC valedictorian and offered a slot to speak at graduation. The university canceled her speech after pro-Israel groups criticized her Instagram.

Caps off to this kid. A daring Nebraska high school graduate shocked audiences Sunday when he went off-script from his admin-approved commencement speech that was penned by ChatGPT. It started ...

The University of Southern California has canceled appearances from outside speakers and honorees at next month's graduation ceremony following a wave of criticism over the school's decision to ...

We Watched Dozens of Graduation Speeches. Here’s What We Found. The New York Times studied videos of addresses posted online, including those by President Trump, Kermit the Frog and a slew of ...

The other frequently cited candidate for best graduation speech — one actually given at a college (Kenyon) by a writer (David Foster Wallace) — does something similar.With his trademark anti ...

The university should let Asna Tabassum speak at its graduation ceremony. ... Tap to enable a layout that focuses on the article. Focus ... USC got it wrong in canceling valedictorian’s speech.

But if others disagree and use the term "hate speech," they'll need to figure out which of the various definitions should be used, and then figure out how to apply it to speech such as the CUNY ...

When Harvard University held its graduation on June 5, 1947, the commencement address was only 11 minutes long. But that short speech, delivered by U.S. Secretary of State George Marshall, was ...

Most commencement speeches tend to follow a similar formula. However, some are so inspiring that they are remembered long after graduation. Presidents, Nobel Prize winners, CEOs, and comedians ...

This follows Trump’s announcement Monday night that he would give the commencement speech for this year’s graduating class at the University of Alabama and the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.