Georgetown’s Center on Education and the Workforce finds that rural adults are just as likely as urban adults to have good jobs, many in blue-collar occupations that do not require a college degree. While that employment outlook may dampen enthusiasm for college, researchers caution that higher education is essential to creating economic opportunity.
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A friendship formed at Georgetown is the inspiration behind new book for aspiring physicians
Five Georgetown University School of Medicine alumnae share their experiences as friends, medical students, and physicians in a new book, The Game Plan: A Woman’s Guide to Becoming a Doctor and Living a Life in Medicine, which they hope will inspire a new generation of women considering careers in medicine.
Scholarship fund supports military-connected students preparing for public sector careers
A recent $200,000 gift from Craig Newmark Philanthropies will help eliminate tuition expenses for military-connected students at the McCourt School of Public Policy.
School of Medicine student receives ‘life-changing’ scholarship
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.
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.
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.