Hopkins housing system fosters loneliness
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 covers Jeanne Lee’s argument that Hopkins housing arrangements can weaken students’ sense of community.
- The article says freshmen move to another dormitory after their first year and then live off campus for their final two years, with little community support from Residential Life.
- The paper reported that Harvard, Yale and Rice use longer-term residential systems to build lasting student communities.
- Lee writes that frequent housing changes have created uncertainty and limited her ability to build relationships with neighbors.
- The article suggests connecting off-campus students with campus communities and expanding or better promoting the Second-Year Experience program.
- The reporter writes that students and the Student Government Association are continuing to push for a student center while also calling for stronger community in residential life.