The Staff Perspective blog series provides Hub staff the opportunity to connect their experiences and passions to the ongoing work at the Hub and at Georgetown. This Staff Perspective post was written Sarah Cowgill, a Hub Administrative Specialist. In this…
Equity of Experience
Student Sense of Belonging at Georgetown: First Generation Undergraduate Student Experiences
Georgetown University is committed to a whole-institution approach to issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion. We are systematically examining academic, financial, social, and structural barriers that affect student success so that we can design evidence-driven policies to create a more…
In Review: Summer Institute on Equity in the Academic Experience
The first annual Summer Institute on Equity in Academic Experience – created in partnership by Georgetown University and the University of Austin in Texas in collaboration with the American Talent Initiative – was held June 24- 26, 2019, during which…
Mastering the Hidden Curriculum: Equity in the Academic Experience (2/2)
In our last post, we wrote about Georgetown’s Mastering the Hidden Curriculum seminar, offered by the Georgetown Scholarship Program (GSP), in collaboration with Designing the Future(s) initiative and taught by exemplary faculty members. The class was designed for and by…
Mastering the Hidden Curriculum (1/2)
College is a time full of adjustments: adjustments to a new community, peers, courses, living environments…the list goes on and on. And, for each tangible change to a student’s life when they first get to college, there is a myriad…