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Professors Caught Amid Town-Gown Tension

By Kylie Mohr April 5, 2013

Georgetown professors who live near campus in West Georgetown and Burleith seem to be caught between two opposing worlds. What Mayor Vincent Gray at an Oct. 3, 2011, Advisory Neighborhood Commission 2E public...

For Alumni Turned Professors, Continuity Amid Change

By Emma Hinchliffe March 26, 2013

Professors at Georgetown who also call the university their alma mater are relatively rare. But for the alumni who do go on to become part of the Hilltop’s faculty, Georgetown provides a home for the...

Faculty Honored At Convocation

By Ted Murphy October 12, 2012

Georgetown honored 15 recently tenured or promoted faculty members at the Fall Faculty Con-vocation ceremony Wednesday afternoon in Gaston Hall. The faculty members are from multiple schools and departments...

GU Tenure Requirements Clear, Consistent Across Schools

By Matt Walters September 28, 2012

For many professors, achieving tenure is the holy grail of an academic career. But it is not an easy position to obtain — or to grant. Unlike associate or adjunct professors, who must normally renew...

Open Door Policy Unlocks Minds

By The Editorial Board February 5, 2012

It's not really office hours if you have to schedule an appointment. We recognize that our professors face growing research and administrative demands. Their schedules, like ours, fill up quickly. For...

Reading Between the Lines: The Cost of Textbooks

By The Editorial Board January 19, 2012

Any economics textbook will tell readers that it's not cost effective to buy a $250 book for one semester when the previous version is available at half the price. Textbook requirements place students...

Professors Take Their Lectures Online

By Hiromi Oka October 25, 2011

Professors in the McDonough School of Business are expanding their usage of technology that records and posts their lectures online in an initiative that may soon spread across campus. According to...

Till Class Do Us Part: Married Faculty Balance Work, Home Lives

By Elizabeth Garbitelli September 30, 2011

Kathryn Olesko and Wayne Davis have many things in common. Both professors hold leadership positions within their respective departments. Both are heavily involved in the campus community. But what...

Faculty Diversity On the Rise

By Bebe Albornoz and Annie Chen September 20, 2011

Following a university working group's recommendation to increase the hiring of diverse faculty members, the percentage of minority faculty members on the main campus has jumped from 12 to 14 percent in...

Faculty Pay Increases Lag Behind DC Cost of Living

By Laura Engshuber April 29, 2011

While Georgetown professors' salaries are on the rise, some faculty members say the increase may not be enough to combat the high cost of living in the nation's capital. Over the past ten years, the...

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...

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