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What can we learn from the way graduates are decorating their caps?

  • Written by Sheila Bock, Associate Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
For many graduates, the future looms.AP Photo/Nancy Palmieri

For college students across the country, commencement formally marks the transition from student to graduate. Per tradition, most schools feature speakers, give out awards, organize departmental dinners – and, of course, designate caps and gowns for students to wear when they...

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