Tag: Georgetown
Georgetown to Research, Give Admission Preference to Slave Descendants
Posted: September 11, 2016 at 5:20 am / Education
(Photo: Wikimedia, Creative Commons) Georgetown University has announced it will be giving preference in the admissions process to descendants of slaves that had been owned by the Maryland Jesuits as a way to atone for profiting from those sales. Georgetown president John DeGioia made the announcement, adding that the school would be working to identify […]
Georgetown Ranks Colleges by Earnings with Few Surprises
Posted: December 11, 2015 at 5:28 pm / Education
A new study released by the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce has ranked colleges by earnings potential. The Georgetown Center used data from the Department of Education’s College Scorecard in the creation of their list to see how much former students of over 1,400 colleges and universities were making each year. Three […]