Diversity & Equity

A new report highlights growing diversity in the demographic and personal characteristics of first-year college students, providing educators and policymakers with a better understanding of students’ needs as they enter…

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education discusses when women began to outpace men in college degree attainment—and what that might mean for higher education.

Inside Higher Ed highlights several colleges and universities that are providing students with warm winter clothing through on-campus closets, clothing drives, and grants.

Students from communities underrepresented in health care fields are more likely to pursue their interests in medical professions if they are introduced to these careers in grades K-12, Harvard Medical…

The Pell Grant program is facing a budget deficit of nearly $3 billion later this year, jeopardizing a crucial source of aid for low-income college students.

Laws that require high school students to complete their Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) in order to graduate are having “immediate impacts on FAFSA filing behavior,” according to…

The storytelling series Georgetown Faces highlights Alexis Green (G’23) and her work as the assistant director for advising and mentorship programs for the Georgetown Scholars Program, which provides wraparound support…

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education spotlights the City University of New York’s Black Male Initiative, which for two decades has worked to address the barriers to higher education confronting young…

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…

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.