Liberal speakers dominate commencements at top-ranked universities Only three of the top 100 ranked universities in the country will be hosting a high-profile conservative speaker for their 2022 commencement addresses, according to a report by the Young America's Foundation , a conservative youth organization. In contrast, according to the foundation's report, 53 top-ranked colleges will host liberal speakers. The remaining schools either do not have an announced speaker, have multiple ceremonies and thus multiple speakers, have selected a university administrator as their speaker, or will have a speaker whose politics could not be ascertained. Liberal addressees include House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), who will address graduates at Brown University, singer and songwriter Taylor Swift at New York University, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, author and journalist Bob Woodward at Boston University, and Biden administration official Samantha Power, who will speak at Johns Hopkins University. President Joe Biden is himself scheduled to address graduates at his undergraduate alma mater, the University of Delaware.