
Boston cardinal skips event over Irish PM's role
Cardinal Sean O'Malley skipped Boston College's commencement Monday to protest its decision to honor Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny, who backs ...

AP PHOTOS: College commencements across nation
In a commencement address at Atlanta's historically black Morehouse College, President Obama said graduates should "find time to defend the powerless.

Obama exhorts good deeds by Morehouse graduates
President Barack Obama, in a soaring commencement address on work, sacrifice and opportunity, on Sunday told graduates of historically black Morehouse ...

First lady to high school grads: Live your dreams
First lady Michelle Obama has some advice for some Tennessee high school graduates: Strike your own path in college and life and work to overcome ...

Michelle Obama speaks of 'hunger' for education
First lady Michelle Obama spoke passionately about the importance of education to the African-American community in a commencement address Friday, ...

Mrs. Obama: Seek out those with different beliefs
First lady Michelle Obama urged Eastern Kentucky University graduates on Saturday night to reach out to people with different political beliefs, ...

Obama dares graduates to reject cynical voices
A year to the day after kicking off his victorious re-election campaign on this college campus, President Barack Obama returned to Ohio State ...

Munger gives largest gift in U. Mich. history
A Los Angeles-based investor and philanthropist is giving a $110 million gift of stock to the University of Michigan — the largest donation in its ...
Coding boot camps promise to launch tech careers
Looking for a career change, Ken Shimizu decided he wanted to be a software developer, but he didn't want to go back to college to study computer ...
First lady to address graduates in Ky., Md., Tenn.
Michelle Obama's commencement speaking schedule is taking her to Kentucky, Maryland and Tennessee. The White House announced Thursday that Mrs.

Expanding hallowed ground at West Point cemetery
The West Point Cemetery has taken in graduates of the Long Gray Line from the age of the cavalry charge to the dawn of drone strikes.
Graduation rates improve for NCAA tournament teams
Overall graduation rates improved among players at schools in this year's men's NCAA basketball tournament, and African-American players in particular ...

Ohio woman, 106, finally gets high school diploma
A 106-year-old central Ohio woman who completed classes but didn't graduate in a dispute over a book has received her high school diploma. The News ...
Obama to speak at Morehouse College commencement
A White House official says President Barack Obama will deliver the commencement address at all-male Morehouse College in Atlanta this spring. The Rev
White House releases college cost website
The White House is releasing a website designed to help college-bound students have a better sense of how much their education will cost and how much ...
Study: NCLB waiver weaken grad rate accountability
Many states granted waivers from the No Child Left Behind law are relaxing or ignoring federal regulations designed to hold schools accountable for ...

Gaza teens graduate from Hamas military school
More than 3,000 Palestinian teenagers on Thursday graduated from the ruling Hamas militant group's first high school military training program in the ...
Study: High school grad rate highest since '76
The nation's high school graduation rate is the highest since 1976, but more than a fifth of students are still failing to get their diploma in four ...

Dartmouth College ending Advanced Placement credit
High school students hoping to earn college credits through Advanced Placement exams soon will be out of luck at Dartmouth College, which has ...
Kimmel's pot jokes earn invite from Calif. college
Humboldt State University in California has invited Jimmy Kimmel to deliver the school's commencement address after he joked about its marijuana ...

Class of 2012: Diploma dilemma for Europe grads
Estelle Borrell knew she wanted to work in law since she was a teenager, when she interned at a court in Versailles, France. "The lawyers in their ...
Colleges help students scrub online footprints
Samantha Grossman wasn't always thrilled with the impression that emerged when people Googled her name. "It wasn't anything too horrible," she said.