Every year, Georgetown University admits an incoming class of students who are wealthier than almost any other in the country. This overrepresentation of students from ultra-rich families stems from a...
The D.C. State Board of Education (SBOE), an elected body that advises the Washington, D.C. government on educational issues, approved a resolution calling for an end to legacy admissions at D.C. universities...
“But you’ve moved up for them, why would you still wear that hat?”
I finally understood. The middle-aged man in front of me, whose coffee order I was meant to be taking, was not questioning my...
Georgetown University accepted 10% of early action applicants in its first admissions cycle following the Supreme Court’s decision in June to end race-based affirmative action in higher education.
The...
As a result of the Supreme Court’s rulings in Students for Fair Admissions Inc. v. Presidents and Fellows of Harvard College and Students for Fair Admissions Inc. v. University of North Carolina which...
Hundreds of students, faculty and staff are calling for an end to legacy admissions at Georgetown University.
Over 300 members of the Georgetown community have signed a petition released Aug....
When I chose to attend Georgetown University, I was most excited about the variety of perspectives I would engage with on a campus in a huge metropolitan area. Coming from Stowe, Vt., a very white and...
On Jan. 26, former Los Angeles Lakers superstar Kobe Bryant passed away suddenly in a helicopter crash with his daughter Gianna and seven others. Within minutes of confirming reports, the entire world,...
In Robert Bolt’s play “A Man for All Seasons,” there’s a brief but brilliant exchange between Sir Thomas More, lord chancellor of England under Henry VIII, and Richard Rich, a bright and talented...
“Ask not what your country can do for you — ask what you can do for your country.”
These words, so memorably said by the 35th president of the United States, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, in his inaugural...
The Smithsonian American Art Museum recently unveiled its newest exhibit, “American Visionary: John F. Kennedy’s Life and Times,” a fascinating photo gallery that explores and celebrates the...
In the last several months, Georgetown has created a new chapter of its history. It is one that will acknowledge the university’s history of slavery and the descendants of the slaves who were sold by...
