How are students faring without covered grades?
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 phrases “sga” and “student government”.
Summary
- This Johns Hopkins News-Letter article reports how students and university staff described the effects of ending covered grades.
- The News-Letter reported that the University announced in May 2016 that covered grades would end with the Class of 2021.
- The paper reported that a Homewood Academic Council review led to a vote to repeal the policy, while the student coalition Re-Cover Hopkins later lost momentum because the decision could not be appealed.
- The article says students disagreed about the change: AJ Tsang called the decision out of touch, while Anthony Flores said recorded GPAs could help students applying for opportunities.
- The reporter writes that PILOT hired 40 more leaders after the change, but attendance was still higher than expected.
- The article reports that Tsang said SGA was working with the Counseling Center to expand its locations, while Tiffany Sanchez said psychiatric-service hours had increased to the equivalent of 2.0 full-time staff members.