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More universities are disinviting commencement speakers who might challenge students’ ideas, unraveling an apolitical tradition

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par Austin Sarat, William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science, Amherst College

Delivering a university commencement address used to simply be a unique kind of honor. Speakers stand before a podium, wearing a traditional graduation cap and robe, and offer graduates life lessons and inspirational words as they enter the next phase of life.

But today, speaking at a university commencement ceremony carries considerable risk, as Morton Schapiro, former president of Northwestern University, recently found…

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