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An unprecedented disruption in SNAP benefits during the government shutdown left higher education institutions working to find ways to support students experiencing sudden food insecurity.

Philanthropist and novelist MacKenzie Scott has made a new series of transformative unrestricted donations to Historically Black Colleges and Universities.

In Texas, the number of first-generation students applying to college has increased significantly in the last five years amid state initiatives aimed at making college more accessible and affordable.

Meet Father Lucas Sharma, S.J., a Jesuit pastoral associate in Georgetown’s LGBTQ Resource Center, who will minister to the campus community and continue his studies on religion, gender, and sexuality…

Shakila Guevara Stahl (B’15), a first-generation college graduate and alumna of the Georgetown Scholars Program (GSP) discusses the inspiration for and impact of the Stahl Summer Scholars Program Fund, which…

Facing financial and political challenges, U.S. colleges and universities raised tuition rates this fall, following a stretch when inflation-adjusted prices had fallen, according to The Hechinger Report.

“Equity engines,” or colleges that consistently and effectively serve substantial proportions of low-income students, are clustered in just 26 states, according to a recent analysis.

Colleges are placing counselors in residential and academic buildings to reduce the stigma around seeking mental health services and make it easier for students to get the help they need.

Eduardo M. Peñalver is the current president of Seattle University, a Rhodes Scholar, and the former dean of Cornell Law School. He will begin his new role as Georgetown University’s…

Higher Ed Dive analyzes how the elimination of the federal Grad PLUS loan program and introduction of lifetime caps on graduate school borrowing will shape higher education.