A group of professors from Georgetown University’s main campus and medical center have developed the Challenges in Childhood course cluster, a novel set of courses that involve undergraduates in interventions and solutions to pressing problems that too many children face.
Continue ReadingBuilding on its longstanding commitment to making education accessible to students of all socioeconomic backgrounds, Georgetown has become a founding member of the American Talent Initiative (ATI).
Continue ReadingProvost Groves writes to the Georgetown community on the successful launch of the Bridge Courses in Spring 2017 and the continued movement for innovation in higher education on our campus.
Continue ReadingIn early September, a small delegation from Georgetown traveled to Mexico for the 23rd Summit of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation’s (CEC) Council, a trinational organization dedicated to addressing North American environmental concerns.
Continue ReadingIn September of 2016, the Chronicle of Higher Education published an article detailing milestones in digital credentialing, including Georgetown's own Catalyst Badge Program.
Continue ReadingThe Designing the Future(s) Initiative convened a group of faculty and staff whose work focuses on Experiential Learning during a Productive Open Design Space (PODS), part of the Center for New Designs in Learning & Scholarship’s Teaching, Learning & Innovation Summer Institute of 2016.
Continue ReadingOn November 17th Dr. John Lucas, Provost and Executive Vice President for the School for International Training (SIT), joined our Global Future(s) Curriculum Cohort for a conversation on the SIT model for experiential education.
Continue ReadingGeorgetown has launched a new program, the Regents Science Scholars Program, designed to expand opportunities for students from traditionally underserved communities pursuing studies in the sciences.
Continue ReadingThe Designing the Future(s) Initiative, in partnership with the Deloitte Foundation, kicked off the second year of the Deloitte Foundation Data Analytics Fellowship at Georgetown University with the 2016 theme of Education and the Workforce.
Continue ReadingThe Future(s) Initiative recently hosted Dr. Daniel Hickey, Professor at Indiana University’s School of Education, for a conversation on assessment practices and micro-credentials.
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