Members of Louisville’s Black community will come together at St. Stephen Baptist Church on Thursday, May 8, at 6 p.m. for the first "Ascension Citywide Black Graduation Ceremony.” We are encouraging ...

Once tassels have been turned from the right to the left, the caps tossed into the air, and the valedictorian has delivered their most moving, standing ovation-worthy speech, you know graduation is ...

Graduating students from Louisville's college were honored at the inaugural "Ascension Citywide Black Graduation Ceremony” May 8. The event was organized in response to polices that roll back DEI ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For more than three decades, hundreds of Ohio State University students of color have gathered on the eve of spring commencement ...

KALAMAZOO, MI -- Black males often lag behind other demographic groups when it comes to graduating high school. But in Kalamazoo Public Schools, Black males are starting to catch up. Only 47% of Black ...

It’s late afternoon at Earl Boyles Elementary School in Southeast Portland. The school is mostly empty, except for afterschool programs in a few classrooms, and three former students who are now ...

Harvard University has announced that it will no longer host or fund graduation celebrations for Black students or other affinity groups amid threats of funding cuts from the Department of Education ...

Students across diverse communities are finding new ways to keep their graduation traditions afloat. Black students and other affinity groups are finding new ways to celebrate their graduations as the ...

The road to a master’s degree in business administration has been a long one for Emmanuelle Gourene ’23 (management information systems). Gourene came to RIT from Cote d’Ivoire in West Africa. She had ...

A community-organized Black graduation ceremony called "Ascension" will be held in Louisville, Kentucky, in response to predominantly white institutions (PWIs) canceling similar events. PWIs offer ...