Low-income students

Small religious colleges are working together to keep their doors open to the low-income, rural students they serve, according to The Hechinger Report.

Charlene Brown-McKenzie, alumna and Georgetown’s senior associate dean of students and executive director of access and success, talks to THE FEED about her experience as a Georgetown student and the…

U.S. colleges and universities are working to improve outreach to a group they have long neglected: Latine students.

A new report calls on U.S. colleges and universities to adopt a more flexible infrastructure that better meets the needs of today’s college students, who are increasingly facing financial challenges,…

The Departments of Education and Agriculture need to fill “gaps in planning and execution” to improve outreach to low-income college students about federal food assistance, according to a new report…

Through the eight-week First Generation Investors program, Georgetown students visit local high schools to discuss topics such as stocks, bonds, credit, and interest, as well as the college application and…

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.