Amanda Wibben, MTS (M’26), winner of the 2023-24 Lawrence Dean Scholarship, has shown her dedication to caring for local communities and working to reduce global health inequities.
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Dual reports show just one in six community college students earn a bachelor’s degree
The transfer system is failing to work for community college students interested in earning a bachelor’s degree, according to two new reports, which call on higher education institutions to improve transfer pathways.
Meet Georgetown’s new director of the Military and Veterans’ Resource Center
Stephan Murphy, U.S. Army veteran and higher education leader, has joined Georgetown as its new director of the Military and Veterans’ Resource Center (MAVRC), which provides resources to help military-connected students thrive at Georgetown and beyond.
A new home for the Office of Student Equity & Inclusion
Located on the lower level of New South, the new community space will serve as a hub for Georgetown centers that support students from historically underrepresented communities and promote a diverse and inclusive campus.
Report: Racial, gender gaps persist despite degree attainment gains
A new report from the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce finds that the share of U.S. adults with college degrees has increased across all demographic groups, but ongoing gaps between white adults and adults from historically underrepresented groups fuel disparities in lifetime earnings that weaken the U.S. economy.
Spelman College receives historic $100M donation
The gift to the women’s college is the largest single donation to an HBCU and includes $75 million to endow scholarships.
$100M unrestricted donation seeks to boost HBCU endowments
The Lilly Endowment has donated $100 million to the United Negro College Fund (UNCF)—the largest unrestricted donation in the nonprofit’s 80-year history. The gift will support the long-term financial stability of 37 Historically Black Colleges and Universities.
Meet the McCourt School of Public Policy’s 2024 Howard Scholar
Natalia Cooper (G’26) is developing new skills at the intersection of economic and social policy as a part-time student at the McCourt School of Public Policy and a full-time policy analyst at the Center on Poverty and Inequality.
Incarcerated students see a brighter future with expanded programming from Georgetown initiative
Georgetown University’s Prisons and Justice Initiative has added a digital literacy program at the DC Jail in partnership with Massachusetts Institute of Technology and is providing a path to a bachelor’s degree for incarcerated students at Maryland’s Patuxent Institution.
The changing nature of ‘merit’ aid at public institutions
Public colleges and universities are increasingly providing tuition discounts for wealthier students through non-need-based “merit” aid. The trend is exacerbating disparities in college access for lower-income students, experts say.
‘Just because you’ve been incarcerated doesn’t mean that you can’t be successful’
A graduate of the MORCA-Georgetown Paralegal Program shares how the program helps formerly incarcerated students prepare for the legal profession.
Georgetown report emphasizes central role of postsecondary education in U.S. workforce
The Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce finds that by 2031, the vast majority of jobs will require postsecondary education or training.