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EDITORIAL: Commit to Socioeconomic Diversity on Campus

EDITORIAL: Commit to Socioeconomic Diversity on Campus

By The Editorial Board November 12, 2023

With the Nov. 1 deadline application just passing for Georgetown University’s early action class, the problem of economic inequality on campus continues to thrive.  According to a 2017 study...

VIEWPOINT: Advocate and Care for Moroccans

VIEWPOINT: Advocate and Care for Moroccans

By Badre Rachidi October 13, 2023

In the wake of a devastating earthquake that shook Morocco’s High Atlas Mountains, the world was exposed not only to a natural calamity, but also to the state of impoverished Moroccan communities who...

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Missing Out: The GSP Students Who Would Have Been

By Yasmine Salam October 6, 2017

Like many Georgetown University students, Teodora Lancaster (COL ’20) expected her time on the Hilltop to be a balancing act of classes, internships, healthy social outings and sightseeing. But...

VIEWPOINT: Extend Aid to International Students

By Alexandre Kleitman September 11, 2017

As campus discourse continues to focus on making Georgetown a vibrant, diverse and welcoming home for all, there is one group that is consistently ignored: international students. The position of international...

OWSIANY: Make Equality A Priority

By Laura Owsiany October 9, 2015

Last year as a news writer for The Hoya, I covered the New York Times’ first annual ranking of socioeconomic diversity on college campuses. This year, Georgetown plummeted in the rankings from 46 to...

GU Drops to 21 in Rankings

GU Drops to 21 in Rankings

By Laura Owsiany September 12, 2014

Georgetown fell out of U.S. News and World Report’s annual top 20 university rankings, released Tuesday, and was also named the best university for veterans. Georgetown also placed 46th among the 90...

College Admissions Look to Socioeconomic Factors

By Suzanne Monyak May 16, 2014

On April 22, the Supreme Court ruled to uphold Michigan’s 2006 decision — which was supported by 58 percent of voters — to ban consideration of race or sex in public education and employment, a victory...

A Leader in Equal Access

By The Editorial Board January 24, 2014

As bachelor’s degrees have become instrumental to most careers, policymakers have long been working toward the goal of making a college education available to anyone who wants one. Last week, University...

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