CARBONDALE, Ill. -- The new Southern Illinois University chancellor's decision to add a brief prayer during fall graduation ceremonies prompted about two dozen calls of protest, and he plans to form a ...

The valedictorian of a high school in a San Antonio suburb where a judge has banned formal prayers at graduation ceremonies on Saturday is fighting for an opportunity to lead the crowd in prayer.

University of Maryland President C.D. Mote Jr., in a rare rebuff of the school's senate, announced yesterday that commencement ceremonies would continue to include an invocation. "For many people, a ...