J.K. Rowling, author, at Harvard University: Though I will defend the value of bedtime stories to my last gasp, I have learned to value imagination in a much broader sense. Imagination is not only the ...

At a time of extreme polarization on campus, the banality of the graduation ceremony is a tradition worth celebrating. By A.O. Scott Over the past few weekends, graduating seniors at American colleges ...

As college graduates across the country turn their tassels to the left and step into a world full of possibilities — and uncertainties — this year's commencement speakers have given moving speeches ...

It's graduation season, so there's no shortage of life-changing advice for young people — like the lessons above from journalist Mary Schmich, author George Saunders and TV screenwriter Shonda Rhimes.

Jaxon Carter's mom died in a fire just before the start of the school year. A 6-year-old kindergarten student brought a room full of parents, teachers and fellow students to tears with a speech ...

There's been a good deal of comment about the City University of New York law school student graduation speaker (Fatima Mousa Mohammed) who devoted a good deal of her speech to harshly condemning ...