“Your traverse of the stage today is the road the world needs to follow. You prove the possible. The 64% of Americans who have lost confidence in higher education have not met you. You face and surmount the toughest issues. Just look at the thesis titles in the program today, from commerce to carbon, housing to health. Many of you are already published authors. You have the confidence to speak up with mutual respect for the free expression of others. You open up to divergent opinions and experiences through penetrating, neutral questions. You reach critical, deeper levels of common understanding and solve problems creatively across lines of controversy through constructive dialogue.”
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The Claremont McKenna College commencement was one of seventy campuses participating in From Campus to Community a new national campaign to champion civil discourse and democratic engagement in this year’s commencement season. More from President Hiram Chodosh.
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