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Disparity Between Education Costs and Entry Wages Is Widening, GU Report Finds

Disparity Between Education Costs and Entry Wages Is Widening, GU Report Finds

By Lea George November 11, 2021

The disparity between education costs and the incomes of young college graduates is increasing and should be tackled through a unified effort by schools, employers and governments, according to a recent...

EDITORIAL: End Scholarship Displacement Policies

EDITORIAL: End Scholarship Displacement Policies

By The Editorial Board December 4, 2020

No students — especially those from low-income backgrounds — should lose their hard-won scholarship money simply because their university won’t allow them to utilize it.  The editorial board...

VIEWPOINT: Promote GAAP Weekend Accessibility

VIEWPOINT: Promote GAAP Weekend Accessibility

By Katie Hawkinson November 8, 2019

The first time I saw the entirety of Georgetown University’s campus was move-in day. While it was so exciting and special to see where I would be eating, sleeping and attending class for the next four...

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Class of 2023 Early Action Admissions Rate Reaches Record Low

By Max Levine January 3, 2019

Georgetown University offered admission to 11.78 percent of applicants through its early action program, a record low even as the number of early applications fell from last year’s record high. Georgetown...

DC Ranked Snobbiest City on East Coast

By Melina Delkic December 8, 2015

Washington, D.C., was named the snobbiest city on the East Coast and ranked seventh nationally in a survey from RoadSnacks, a regional-data information website. The survey, published Nov. 11, compiled...

Put a Dent in Debt

By The Editorial Board September 29, 2015

A Georgetown education is expensive, and the university needs to do more to help its students deal with the rising costs. The upward trend in tuition costs shows no sign of slowing, and students increasingly...

OWSIANY: Perfectly Middle Class?

OWSIANY: Perfectly Middle Class?

By Laura Owsiany September 11, 2015

In the so-called ‘real world,’ I’m as middle-class as one can get. My household income, made up of a single ​ ​ parent white-collar salary and no other assets to speak of, hovers almost exactly...

Occupy Movement Makes Camp at GU

By Mariah Byrne April 27, 2012

When about a dozen Occupy protesters settled in D.C.’sMacPherson Square Oct. 1, it seemed that they had appeared overnight. But Michael Kazin, a history professor at Georgetown, believes that...

A Growing Wealth Gap

By Brian Shaud February 7, 2012

Rising income inequality threatens to destroy the promise of America — that each citizen has a chance at material and personal success, independent of the condition of his or her birth. Upward social...

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