December 5, 2013

Events at GW this week.

The University’s plan charges students about $227 a month – about 41 percent more than average plans in D.C., Maryland and Virginia.

The third-year athletic director has brought with him a philosophy that student-athletes’ top priority, just like other undergraduates, should be academics.
He enforced a mandatory class attendance policy and began requiring eight hours of study halls each week.

Administrators presented a total of six ideas Tuesday at a meeting of the Innovation Task Force, a four-year-old program that executes cost-cutting and revenue-boosting projects across GW.

Admissions representatives visited students and high school counselors in 14 Latin American countries this fall out of a total of 33 international destinations. The pivot to Latin America follows the explosive growth of GW’s Chinese student population.

A Student Association committee is pushing for more academic departments to publicize course evaluations this year.

Soon, you’ll have survived the semester, and that merits a full-fledged, non-microwaved meal from one of these multicultural food staples in the District.

Before administrators get too excited about constructing a brighter future, they’ll need to focus on building a better GW here and now. Here’s where they should put their focus.