‘They are the same people that I turn to now’ Recent graduate Alondra Herrera-Esquivel (SFS’25) reflects on the friendships she forged as an undergraduate in Georgetown’s Community Scholars Program, and the program’s role in preparing first-generation students for a new life at Georgetown. Read > Student debt is driving some Americans to leave the U.S. Some student loan borrowers are stopping payments and heading abroad as the number of debtors in default reaches record levels, The New York Times reports. Read > Report: Measuring college students’ financial well-being More than half of college students say they have faced financial difficulties that limit their ability to meet basic needs. Read > ‘If I hadn’t gone to Georgetown, this wouldn’t have been nearly as possible’ First-generation student Elijah Ward (C’26) didn’t think he’d be able to study abroad. At Georgetown, he found the support needed to travel and thrive. Read > Colleges scramble to help students with tuition ahead of loan limits for parents > Student visa refusals reached high of 35% last year > How a small college near Boston is serving low-income, first-generation students > Rethinking unpaid undergraduate research > These blind students say their college blocked their education. A new rule could help > After uncertainty, Maine’s free college program is here to stay >