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Undergraduate tuition will increase by no more than 3 percent next year, while graduate tuition will change based on program, trustees said.
News By Zach Schonfeld Feb 8, 2021 12:05 AM
Updated: Feb. 10, 2020 at 11:29 p.m.
Trustees said they will decide on next year’s cost of attendance in the coming weeks, a delay from the typical approval at the Board of Trustees’ February meeting, as a result of financial uncertainty brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Board approved a recommendation Friday to increase the cost of attendance by no more than 3 percent for undergraduates next year but did not vote on an exact pricing model. The Board also approved the graduate program pricing model for next academic year, with an average cost increase of 2.8 percent.
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GW s bicentennial celebration will kick off Tuesday with a virtual event featuring alumnae, like Kerry Washington, Dana Bash and Reena Ninan.
Officials are kicking off celebrations this week to mark the official bicentennial of GW’s founding on Feb. 9, 1821.
The University will begin its bicentennial celebration Tuesday, exactly 200 years after Congress passed the school’s charter, with a virtual opening ceremony followed by a monthslong event series designed to celebrate the achievements of students, faculty, staff and alumni. The celebrations will begin virtually, but officials have said they hope to conclude in person at Colonials Weekend in early October.
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Provost Brian Blake said at a Faculty Senate meeting last month that cluster hires are a good idea, but the University s financial expenditure during the pandemic might hurt those efforts.
News By Ishani Chettri Feb 8, 2021 12:05 AM
An informal group of department chairs and program directors is in discussions with officials about enacting a “cluster hire” of underrepresented faculty and increasing funding for the Africana studies program.
Joined by faculty, the group is circulating a petition calling on administrators to hire 18 minority faculty members “primarily” in the Columbian College of Arts and Sciences and provide enough funding for the Africana studies program to convert into its own department with a permanent director within the next three years. Professors said conversations that began last summer about deficiencies in funding, faculty and support in the Africana studies program sparked their calls for a broader