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Logo for The Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington. (Evergreen State College/Facebook)
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FILE - In this April 4, 2017 file photo demonstrators face policemen as they protest against the amendment of the higher education law seen by many as an action aiming at the closure of the Central European University, founded by Hungarian born American billionaire businessman George Soros, in front of the Parliament building in Budapest, Hungary’s government says Thursday, May 25, 2017 it sees no reason to alter its recently amended education law which could force a university founded by billionaire George Soros to leave the country. (Zoltan Balogh/MTI via AP, file)
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Debris rests on the floor after the roof was blown off of the gymnasium at Courtney Elementary School in Courtney, N.C. Wednesday, May 24, 2017. (Walt Unks/The Winston-Salem Journal via AP)
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FILE - In thisMay 12, 2017 file photo, actor Will Ferrell gestures as he speaks at the University of Southern California's Class of 2017 commencement ceremony in Los Angeles. Oprah Winfrey told students to live with purpose. President Donald Trump said to ignore the naysayers. Will Ferrell sang some Whitney Houston. Those are a few of the speakers who have taken the stage at college graduation ceremonies this month to share their wisdom, joining a wide range of others in entertainment, politics and business. In their efforts to inspire the Class of 2017, they’ve elicited both laughter and tears and, in some cases, jeers. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel, File)
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Former U.S. Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates delivers an address at Harvard Law School Class Day 2017 on Wednesday, May 24, 2017, at Harvard University, in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
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Former U.S. Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates delivers an address at Harvard Law School Class Day 2017 on Wednesday, May 24, 2017, at Harvard University, in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
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Former U.S. Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates delivers an address at Harvard Law School Class Day 2017 on Wednesday, May 24, 2017, at Harvard University, in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
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Former U.S. Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates delivers an address at Harvard Law School Class Day 2017 on Wednesday, May 24, 2017, at Harvard University, in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
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Former Vice President Joe Biden delivers the annual Harvard College Class Day address, Wednesday, May 24, 2017, on the campus of Harvard University, in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
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Former Vice President Joe Biden delivers the annual Harvard College Class Day address, Wednesday, May 24, 2017, on the campus of Harvard University, in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
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Former Vice President Joe Biden delivers the annual Harvard College Class Day address, Wednesday, May 24, 2017, on the campus of Harvard University, in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
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Former Vice President Joe Biden waves as he steps on stage at the start of Harvard College Class Day exercises, Wednesday, May 24, 2017, at Harvard University, in Cambridge, Mass. Biden delivered the annual Class Day address. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
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Former Vice President Joe Biden listens while seated on the stage during 2017 Harvard College Class Day exercises, Wednesday, May 24, 2017, at Harvard University, in Cambridge, Mass. Biden delivered the 2017 Class Day address. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
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Former Vice President Joe Biden delivers the annual Harvard College Class Day address, Wednesday, May 24, 2017, on the campus of Harvard University, in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Steven Senne) ** FILE **
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Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, left, accompanied by Education Department Budget Service Director Erica Navarro, looks over her notes on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 24, 2017, as they testified before the House Appropriations Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies subcommittee hearing on the Education Department's fiscal 2018 budget. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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In this May 17, 2017 photo, local artist Jason Sanchez paints a galaxy mural in the front hallway of Ramsey Magnet School of Science in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. Sanchez, a disabled Army veteran, has been spending several hours each weeknight since mid-April to complete the solar system mural at no cost to his childhood school. He plans to have it done in early June. (Loren Benoit/Coeur D'Alene Press via AP)
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Former Vice President Joe Biden waves as he steps on the stage at the start of 2017 Harvard College Class Day exercises, Wednesday, May 24, 2017, at Harvard University, in Cambridge, Mass. Biden is scheduled to deliver the 2017 Class Day address. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
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Kansas House Speaker Ron Ryckman Jr., left, R-Olathe, confers with Rep. John Barker, R-Abilene, during a debate on school funding, Wednesday, May 24, 2017, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Lawmakers are considering an increasing in spending on aid to public schools in response to a Kansas Supreme Court order that education funding is inadequate. (AP Photo/John Hanna)
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Kansas state Rep. Jim Kelly, left, R-Independence, confers with House Rules Chairman Blaine Finch, right, R-Ottawa, as Kelly presides over a debate on school funding, May 24, 2017, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. The Kansas Supreme Court has said the state's education funding is inadequate, and lawmakers are looking at boosting spending. (AP Photo/John Hanna)
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Chris Reykdal, Washington's Superintendent of Public Instruction, talks to reporters, Wednesday, May 24, 2017, in Olympia, Wash. Reykdal outlined his long-term plan for the ongoing issue of funding public education in Washington state and said lawmakers must expedite their work on satisfying the McCleary court mandate to put more money toward basic education. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
