Commencement Speeches

In: Culture Employment Source: NYT

21 Jun 2011

The NYT analyzed word usage in 40 2011 commencement speeches. The results are largely what you would expect. However, the differences between private, public, and religious schools are kinda interesting.  (related speeches)

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