We’re Top 10 again. But does rank represent the true student experience?
Reporting about the SGA, not a record of it: The Johns Hopkins News-Letter published this and the SGA did not write it, file it, or approve it. The archive holds it because the article itself uses the phrase “student government”.
Summary
- This Johns Hopkins News-Letter article examines Hopkins’ return to the top 10 in national rankings and what those rankings may leave out about student life.
- The News-Letter reported that Hopkins returned to No. 10 in the 2019 U.S. News & World Report National University Rankings after ranking No. 11 the previous year.
- The paper reported that U.S. News considered Hopkins’ 97 percent freshman retention rate, smaller classes and per-student spending in assigning the ranking.
- According to the article, a University task force found that nearly 30 percent of undergraduates had seriously considered suicide, while only 14.1 percent of the 16,104 students who received its survey responded.
- The article adds that the Counseling Center introduced weekday Drop-In Hours and planned informal clinician visits to Brody Learning Commons through its Consult with a Counselor program.
- The reporter writes that the Student Government Association had limited influence, that students felt disconnected from Hopkins and Baltimore, and that a 2017-2018 ban on new student arts groups did not help campus spirit.
- The News-Letter reported that the Office of the Provost created the second Commission on Undergraduate Education in Spring 2017 to gather student input, with an initial report expected in late fall 2018.