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In this Feb. 1, 2017, file photo, Brooklyn College students walk between classes on campus in New York. The New York state Legislature approved a budget on April 9, 2017, that includes funding for Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo's plan to offer free tuition for middle-class students at state universities. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)
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Demonstrators in front of the parliament building in Budapest hold a banner reading "Let's stop Fidesz" (party) as they protest an 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. (Associated Press/File)
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In this Thursday, March 23, 2017 photo, students and faculty from Northwestern University and the University of Illinois work on a home in the Lower 9th Ward that was being built by Habitat for Humanity, in New Orleans. A major rebuilding effort is underway in the New Orleans neighborhood decimated by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Officials and some residents hope the houses planned for the Lower 9th Ward will bring in new residents and spur economic development, but others have concerns. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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In this Thursday, March 23, 2017 photo, faculty and students from Northwestern University and the University of Illinois work on a home in the Lower 9th Ward that was being built by Habitat for Humanity, in New Orleans. A major rebuilding project is set to bring hundreds of new residents into the neighborhood, in what developers, officials and some residents hope will mark an important turning point. But others have concerns about the new development and whether it's the right fit for the historic, African-American neighborhood. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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In this Thursday, March 23, 2017 photo, students and faculty from Northwestern University and the University of Illinois work on a home in the Lower 9th Ward that was being built by Habitat for Humanity, in New Orleans. A major rebuilding effort is underway in the New Orleans neighborhood decimated by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Officials and some residents hope the houses planned for the Lower 9th Ward will bring in new residents and spur economic development, but others have concerns. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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In this Wednesday, March 29, 2017 photo, while the rest of her classmates hold a yoga pose Jessie Ryan, of Portland, pauses to spend some time with Quincy the goat during Goat Yaga class in Corvallis, Ore. (Andy Cripe /The Corvallis Gazette-Times via AP)
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Former U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch, the nation's first black woman to head the Justice Department, is applauded after speaking at a conference on policy and blacks at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government, Friday, April 7, 2017, in Cambridge, Mass. The 57-year-old North Carolina native graduated from Harvard College in 1981 and from Harvard Law School in 1984. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
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Former U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch, the nation's first black woman to head the Justice Department, waves as she arrives to speak at a conference on policy and blacks at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government, Friday, April 7, 2017, in Cambridge, Mass. The 57-year-old North Carolina native graduated from Harvard College in 1981 and from Harvard Law School in 1984. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
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Former U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch, bottom center, the nation's first black woman to head the Justice Department, poses with students after speaking at a conference on policy and blacks at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government, Friday, April 7, 2017, in Cambridge, Mass. The 57-year-old North Carolina native graduated from Harvard College in 1981 and from Harvard Law School in 1984. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
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Former U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch, the nation's first black woman to head the Justice Department, listens during a conference on policy and blacks at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government in Cambridge, Mass., on April 7, 2017. The 57-year-old North Carolina native graduated from Harvard College in 1981 and from Harvard Law School in 1984. (Associated Press)
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Former U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch, the nation's first black woman to head the Justice Department, waves as she arrives to speak at a conference on policy and blacks at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government, Friday, April 7, 2017, in Cambridge, Mass. The 57-year-old North Carolina native graduated from Harvard College in 1981 and from Harvard Law School in 1984. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
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A member of the Terre Haute Police Department puts on his gear and prepares to enter Terre Haute North High School, Friday, April 7, 2017, in Terre Haute, Ind. Dozens of police officers stormed the school following a reported bomb threat, but law enforcement later said they thought it was a hoax and that everyone was safe. (Austen Leake/The Tribune-Star via AP)
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Terre Haute Police Chief John Plasse, left, and Tom Balitewicz, the director of student services for the Vigo County School Corporation, walk out of Terre Haute North High School during a lockdown at the school, Friday, April 7, 2017, in Terre Haute, Ind. Dozens of police officers stormed the school following a reported bomb threat, but law enforcement later said they thought it was a hoax and that everyone was safe. (Austen Leake/The Tribune-Star via AP)
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Wichita State NCAA college basketball head coach Gregg Marshall speaks about the schools move to the American Athletic Conference, ending a relationship with the Missouri Valley Conference that dated back 72 years, in Wichita, Kan., Friday, April 7, 2017. (Bo Rader/The Wichita Eagle via AP)
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Seattle Mayor Ed Murray, second from right, is greeted by his husband, Michael Shiosaki, after reading a statement to the media, Friday, April 7, 2017, in Seattle. A lawsuit filed Thursday accuses Murray of sexually molesting a teenage high-school dropout in the 1980s, and in interviews with The Seattle Times, two other men claim he abused them. The mayor denied the allegations through his personal spokesman Jeff Reading. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
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Seattle Mayor Ed Murray, left, walks away with his husband, Michael Shiosaki, after reading a statement to the media, Friday, April 7, 2017, in Seattle. A lawsuit filed Thursday accuses Murray of sexually molesting a teenage high-school dropout in the 1980s, and in interviews with The Seattle Times, two other men claim he abused them. The mayor denied the allegations through his personal spokesman Jeff Reading. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
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Seattle Mayor Ed Murray, left, walks away with his husband, Michael Shiosaki, after reading a statement to media members, Friday, April 7, 2017, in Seattle. A lawsuit filed Thursday accuses Murray of sexually molesting a teenage high-school dropout in the 1980s, and in interviews with The Seattle Times, two other men claim he abused them. The mayor denied the allegations through his personal spokesman Jeff Reading. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
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Seattle Mayor Ed Murray reads a statement to media members, Friday, April 7, 2017, in Seattle. A lawsuit filed Thursday accuses Murray of sexually molesting a teenage high-school dropout in the 1980s, and in interviews with The Seattle Times, two other men claim he abused them. The mayor denied the allegations through his personal spokesman Jeff Reading. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
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Cromwell High School freshman Andraya Yearwood, 15, identifies as a girl and now runs on the female track team. (Image: Hartford Courant website screenshot)
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In this March 2017 photo, Fred Stauffer, center, a former Unionville High School teacher, is flanked by former students Dan Fogel and Megan Plunkett Cromer at the school in Kennett Square, Pa. As part of a class assignment back in the early 90s, Stauffer had his classes write what they thought they would be in the future. Those letters were revealed 24 years later. (Fran Maye /Delaware County Daily Times via AP)
