Educational Leadership

She urged today’s graduates to speak up and be bold as they move forward in their journeys. “Remember all the doors that were closed before you? With graduation, many of them will now open for you.” But she reminded graduates that some barriers will remain, “Society does not yet know the full potential of a community college student and graduate. Knock on the doors that are closed. Teach them that graduating from a community college takes determination and resilience. Teach them that a person who held a job to support their family while gaining a degree is capable of great things. You might be the first community college graduate they hire, but you will not be the last once you pave the way for all those yet to come.”

Online students deserve the same rituals of graduation as place-based students, and the same opportunities to hold reunions with their sometimes world

Wit, wisdom and a joke or two are just some of the ingredients required to keep the attention of graduates -- and hopefully inspire them for life.

Members of the audience care about their loved one’s brief moment of glory—and no one else’s.

Across the country, black and Latino adults are far less likely to hold a college degree than white adults. Can better support for colleges that serve a high percentage of minorities change that?

An abysmally low percentage of students who need federal loans manage to earn a degree.