Low-income students

After reviewing its admissions processes, Georgetown University announced a three-year pilot program in which it will accept the Common Application while maintaining other existing admissions policies aimed at making a…

Enrollment of Pell Grant recipients increased by more than six percentage points at schools with very large endowments between 2007-08 and 2022-23, according to a new analysis from the Brookings…

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

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…

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.

New research finds that the share of low-income students completing their Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) has recovered to near pre-pandemic levels, but FAFSA completion among middle-income students…

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…