Some U.S. college students are preparing to begin fall classes, while others are still waiting for their financial aid letters after the troubled rollout of the new Free Application for…
Class Dismissed: When Colleges Ignore Inequality and Students Pay the Price, a new book by Anthony Abraham Jack, explores how colleges can improve their support of low-income students.
Meet Haroot Hakopian, Georgetown’s assistant dean of student affairs in the School of Continuing Studies, and the academic and curriculum director of the Summer College Immersion Program.
The donation from Bloomberg Philanthropies will remove financial barriers to a Johns Hopkins medical education for students from households making less than $300,000 a year.
A new report shows how social capital—the network of senior professionals that students can access—is crucial for first-generation, low-income, and underrepresented students as they seek to land their first job…
A new report finds that first-generation students, low-income students, and students from historically marginalized communities felt less satisfied and a lower sense of belonging during their first year of college…
Through several pre-college programs, including a dual enrollment opportunity, Georgetown’s Center for Multicultural Equity and Access is strengthening the pathway to higher education for Washington, DC, students. “We now have…
The published cost of attending college is a “poor indicator” of what students really pay to attend; yet, it often discourages middle- and low-income students from pursuing higher education. A…
A new report evaluates state financial aid programs and identifies how certain criteria for awarding aid can lock out students from historically marginalized communities.
