U.S. colleges and universities collectively have received billions in federal funds for emergency student aid this past year, prompting campuses to create—and refine—programs that connect students with timely support.
Drawing on insights from more than 100 students at Georgetown and Harvard universities, a new book explores how higher education’s unspoken expectations can shape the college experience for first-generation students.
Launching this fall, The Pivotal Network focuses on elevating the work of outstanding high school teachers who play a crucial role in shaping students’ educational trajectories.
New research from The Hub for Equity and Innovation in Higher Education offers a window into attitudes of belonging among first-generation undergraduate students at Georgetown University—insights that will help shape the university’s ongoing work in the equity space.
Jack joined Georgetown Professor Marcia Chatelain in a campus conversation sponsored by the Georgetown Scholars Program.
Colleges from coast to coast recently participated in the third-annual National First-Generation College Celebration, hosting programs, distributing promotional gifts, and engaging their campus communities around first-generation student success.
Run through Georgetown’s Center for Multicultural Equity and Access, the programs help Washington, D.C., public school students prepare for and see themselves in college.
Edquity recently brought on Sara Goldrick-Rab, a leading expert on basic needs insecurity, to help expand its services to connect financially vulnerable college students with emergency aid.
The Center for First-generation Student Success recently designated Georgetown as a First Forward institution.
Eighteen schools will convene for three days at Georgetown next week to focus on equity-related challenges in higher education at the first annual Summer Institute on Equity in the Academic Experience.
The gifts, from 418 unique donors, add permanence to a comprehensive program for first-generation college students.
Georgetown administrator Adanna J. Johnson will lead the Office of Student Equity and Inclusion in her newly-created role as associate vice president for student equity and inclusion.