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New research finds that college students who have insufficient time to dedicate to academics alongside their childcare or work commitments tend to earn fewer college credits and have lower retention…

Anne Kim, a senior fellow at FutureEd—a think tank based at Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy—recently highlighted the limitations of traditional remedial education and the slow uptake of…

Some U.S. college students are preparing to begin fall classes, while others are still waiting for their financial aid letters after the troubled rollout of the new Free Application for…

Class Dismissed: When Colleges Ignore Inequality and Students Pay the Price, a new book by Anthony Abraham Jack, explores how colleges can improve their support of low-income students.

For the third year in a row, more high school students are taking college courses and earning college credit through dual enrollment programs.

Meet Haroot Hakopian, Georgetown’s assistant dean of student affairs in the School of Continuing Studies, and the academic and curriculum director of the Summer College Immersion Program.

Despite headlines about six-figure sticker prices at some U.S. colleges, experts are urging students and families to consider that the vast majority of students do not pay the full cost…

Colleges are revamping first-year orientation programs to ensure students feel a sense of belonging and can thrive in campus life.

Colleges need to ensure students are aware of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), the Government Accountability Office (GAO) said after finding that two-thirds of food-insecure, SNAP-eligible students did not…

In a new report, Georgetown University’s Center on Education and the Workforce forecasts that by 2031, 85% of jobs that pay a living wage or more will be held by…