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Campus Questions Validity of Ratemyprofessors Rankings

By Danny Funt April 29, 2011

Georgetown was recognized Monday as the 13th highest-rated university in the nation by Ratemyprofessors.com for 2011. Many faculty and students received the news with the same cloud of suspicion that surrounds...

Tenure Track: The Path to Permanency

By Glenn Russo April 7, 2011

For Georgetown's tenure candidates, making the jump to permanent status comes with its fair share of hurdles — but administrators say a standout guidance process is the key to an acceptance rate of more...

Professors Join Gray’s Team

By Neil Quinn November 9, 2010

Just days after handily winning the D.C. mayoral election, Vincent Gray named a group of advisers to help him through the transition period before his inauguration. And at least four members of the team...

Faculty Hiring Process Lacks Uniformity

By Stephen Szypulski October 19, 2010

As the admissions cycle heats up, high school seniors aren't the only ones vying for sought-after spots at universities like Georgetown. Often, the procedure for selecting their next instructors can be...

`Friending’ Faculty: Professors Log On

By Elizabeth Schieffelin October 5, 2010

Generally, Facebook relates to school only when students sit in the back of the classroom, smoothly transitioning from laptop note-taking to an in-depth look at friends' latest updates. But as faculty...

A Right to Know

By The Editorial Board September 3, 2010

Navigating the murky waters of pre-registration has become clearer with the advent of MyAccess. The system still falls short, however, during the period between pre-registration and the start of the semester. yAccess...

Faculty Compensation Largely Stable in 2009

By Brian Burke April 20, 2010

Faculty pay and compensation at Georgetown were relatively stagnant last year, as professors' salaries around the country increased at a historically low rate. Full professors at the Georgetown University's...

Book Writing an Addiction for Professors

By Carol Lancaster November 9, 2007

Well, I just finished another book. "Finished" is a bit of a euphemism, since I really only finished a draft that is now ready be read by my peers — hopefully without embarrassing me too seriously. But...

Tenure Track Isn’t Always Smooth, But It Works

By Carol Lancaster February 27, 2007

Students at Georgetown — and at most universities — study with a variety of types of professors: tenured profs, tenure-track profs, visiting profs, distinguished profs in the practice of whatever,...

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