Student success

Youth programs aim to reenage 16- to 24-year-olds who are not in high school, college, or the workforce.

From historic gifts to scholarships to the tumultuous rollout of the 2024-25 FAFSA, these were the most popular stories this year.

To ensure student-athletes can meet the demands of their athletic and academic schedules, colleges and universities are taking steps to help them navigate their coursework and career goals.

Higher education institutions are offering student veterans and other military-connected students more resources to help them transition to college life.

More high school students are taking college courses than ever before, but is the early start translating to more degrees? A new analysis takes stock.

Gabbi Williams, a doctoral student in Georgetown’s Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, is working toward a career as a professor and mentor for future generations of scientists, hoping to decrease…

A Massachusetts-based nonprofit called The Calculus Project is challenging assumptions about who can and should succeed in advanced high school math.

The Hechinger Report highlights how financial assistance, academic support, and practices that encourage learning and community are key to four colleges’ success in graduating low-income students.

Georgetown University College of Arts & Sciences recently featured Assistant Teaching Professor Michelle Bertke for her community outreach work focused on bringing science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) experiences to…

A new report finds that the number of “life opportunities” accrued by students between birth and high school can be a greater predictor of educational attainment and earnings than childhood…