How is the University supporting FLI students amid COVID-19?
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 University support for First-Generation Limited-Income students during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- The News-Letter reported that the University had provided more than $5 million in emergency grants, while Michael Bloomberg’s $1.8 billion donation enabled permanent need-blind admissions for American students.
- The paper reported that the University would keep paying student employees, replace expected summer earnings with institutional grants and have support staff assess students’ needs individually.
- The article adds that the University arranged travel home for students in 17 states, one U.S. territory and two countries, while allowing limited housing exceptions for students unable to return home.
- The reporter writes that the Student Government Association endorsed a letter seeking a 25 percent tuition refund, but the University said it was not offering tuition refunds; approved graduating students dropping below 12 credits could receive a 40 percent per-credit refund.
- The article reports that KSAS and WSE adopted universal satisfactory/unsatisfactory grading, which Maame Oforiwaa Amoah-dankwah said reduced pressure from unequal circumstances.