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This commencement speech had nothing but questions

  • Written by James Glaser, Professor, Dean of the School of Arts & Sciences, Tufts University
Students hug after a ceremony at Tufts University May 3. The ceremony celebrated 58 students who are the first in their family to receive a college degree.Anna Miller/Tufts University

Editors note: At a special ceremony for first-generation college graduates at Tufts University, James Glaser, dean of the school of arts and sciences, gave a...

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