Student Economics

The Hechinger Report highlights how financial assistance, academic support, and practices that encourage learning and community are key to four colleges’ success in graduating low-income students.

Graduate school can open doors to career advancement. But a new report from the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce finds that transparency and accountability are needed to…

The Free Application for Federal Student Aid began its first phase of testing on Oct. 1 with around 1,000 high school seniors. Experts hope the approach will lead to a…

University of California researchers say an additional Pell Grant based on household wealth could help close racial gaps in college attendance and completion.

The Chronicle of Higher Education explored the difficulties unaccompanied homeless youth and at-risk students experienced this summer amid the chaotic rollout of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).

Colleges are searching for unconventional strategies to help students facing food and housing insecurity.

Georgetown has worked steadily in recent years to attract more low-income students to the university and has a 92% graduation rate for Pell grant recipients, one of the highest in…

Michigan and Massachusetts have joined the list of states covering community college tuition, a movement that is gaining momentum even as federal efforts stall, The Chronicle of Higher Education reports.

Since the Supreme Court ended race-conscious admissions policies, a wave of U.S. colleges and universities have phased out race-based scholarships. What will it mean for students’ enrollment and future debt?…

The bequest commitment from Georganne Vartorella, M.D. (C’73, M’82) and Richard Statesir, M.D.—the largest commitment for scholarships in Georgetown’s history—will remove financial barriers to a Georgetown education and enable undergraduate…