Diversity & Equity

Government funding disparities across public colleges and universities disproportionately harm students of color and low-income students, according to new research from the State Higher Education Executive Officers Association.

This year, Georgetown’s Community Scholars Program invited its largest cohort of incoming first-generation, first-year students to the Hilltop to take classes, build friendships, and engage in enriching experiences that initiate…

The Departments of Agriculture and Education are working together to expand low-income college students’ awareness of and access to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

The gift from the Bedford Falls Foundation—the largest single donation for undergraduate scholarships in the School of Nursing’s history—will eliminate federal subsidized student loans for 45 students this academic year,…

Latine college students experience significant barriers to college success, including a lack of access to affordable, nutritious food, according to UnidosUS, a civil rights and advocacy organization.

The Department of Education hopes to improve students’ experiences with the new 2025-26 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), but some are still struggling with the fallout from the…

On-campus barbershop events have become a source of community, belonging, and great haircuts for Georgetown University’s Black male students.

A new gift to the Institute of International Education’s Scholar Rescue Fund will increase its efforts to protect and support scholars from Ukraine, Gaza, and other regions facing large-scale crises…

A Massachusetts-based nonprofit called The Calculus Project is challenging assumptions about who can and should succeed in advanced high school math.

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.