Student success

Recent graduate Alondra Herrera-Esquivel (SFS’25) reflects on the friendships she forged as an undergraduate in Georgetown’s Community Scholars Program, and the program’s role in preparing first-generation students for a new…

U.S. colleges and universities are rapidly developing reduced-credit bachelor’s degrees in response to economic and enrollment challenges, and to meet workforce needs.

According to a recent analysis by The New York Times, the number of college students reporting a disability has increased over the last decade. Colleges are responding by offering accommodations…

For-profit institutions enroll a large share of Black students and leave them with higher student loan debt than their peers at nonprofit institutions, according to a new report from The…

Georgetown alumnus Rashawn Davis (C’14) discusses the role the Community Scholars Program played throughout his journey as a first-generation college student and how that experience has shaped his post-graduate career.

New studies find that over half of college students are experiencing loneliness—and are more likely to feel lonely the more they use social media.

Eleanor J.B. Daugherty, Ed.D., Georgetown University’s vice president for student affairs, speaks to THE FEED about creating a campus environment that accompanies students through young adulthood and the modern college…

As 2025 comes to a close, we look back at THE FEED’s most-read national news stories, from the impact of federal cuts to the scope of MacKenzie Scott’s philanthropy.

New research finds that access to early algebra remains highly inequitable across the U.S., with implications for students’ math trajectory, career options, and earnings potential.

“Equity engines,” or colleges that consistently and effectively serve substantial proportions of low-income students, are clustered in just 26 states, according to a recent analysis.