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Giving college students a post-grad financial roadmap
A growing number of colleges and universities, including Georgetown, are launching personal finance courses and seeking to make that knowledge more accessible, especially for first-generation college students and students from low-income households. Read >
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Where Pell Grant recipients are most likely to succeed
A new analysis published in The Chronicle of Higher Education shows what type of colleges Pell Grant recipients attend and where they are most likely to graduate within six years. Read >
Post-pandemic trends in FAFSA completion rates
New research finds that the share of low-income students completing their Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) has recovered to near pre-pandemic levels, but FAFSA completion among middle-income students has declined. Read >
Georgetown News
Meet the new director of Georgetown’s LGBTQ Resource Center
Georgetown has named Lionell Daggs III as the new director of the LGBTQ Resource Center, which provides resources, outreach, programming, and advocacy for the university’s LGBTQ community. Read >
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