{"id":14941,"date":"2022-09-21T10:51:39","date_gmt":"2022-09-21T14:51:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/krieger.jhu.edu\/?page_id=14941"},"modified":"2024-01-23T09:33:01","modified_gmt":"2024-01-23T14:33:01","slug":"priorities","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/krieger.jhu.edu\/about\/priorities\/","title":{"rendered":"Priorities for the Future"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Priorities for the Future is a strategic plan designed to set the course for the next five years for the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences. Crafted with the understanding that a robust liberal arts education within a research university must always reach for the next level of excellence, the plan sets out four priorities: <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Over the past two years, members of the Krieger School community offered input on the plan, helping to give shape to the priorities that will guide us into the future as one of standard bearers in arts and sciences education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We are re-envisioning our model for undergraduate education to better reflect the mission of JHU\u2014to educate its students and cultivate their capacity for lifelong learning, to foster independent and original research, and to bring the benefits of discovery to the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
First-year students need support in the transition from high school to university. By offering first-year seminars and a foundational writing course in the first year, the Krieger School will support small-cohort learning communities in which students establish foundational critical thinking and writing skills as well as mentoring relationships with our faculty from their first year on campus. In turn, these skills and relationships help students as they become part of the intellectual community at Johns Hopkins. In addition, we are changing the structure of academic advising to facilitate the role of faculty as mentors while also ensuring consistency and increasing student satisfaction and engagement in the advising process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We seek to broaden our students\u2019 education by launching a new General Education model and related distribution requirements based on six core foundational abilities: (1) Writing and Communication; (2) Science and Data; (3) Culture and Aesthetics; (4) Citizens and Society; (5) Ethics and Foundations; and (6) Projects and Methods. This new model preserves the depth and rigor of the major as central to the undergraduate intellectual experience in the Krieger School. At the same time, it aims to inculcate in our students the cross-disciplinary breadth and habits of mind essential to engage as rigorous, self-reflective, knowledgeable, creative citizens in a democratic society. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
A signature component of a Hopkins undergraduate education is the ability to engage in primary research. The Krieger School is committed to increasing opportunities for mentored research as well as student-initiated learning both inside and outside the traditional classroom. Undergraduate research may occur on campus in project labs in the natural sciences, research labs in the humanities and social sciences, experiential labs in the field, and in funded research opportunities through the office of Undergraduate Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity. Such opportunities will increase with the development of the Hopkins Semester, which will provide opportunities for co-curricular, immersive learning in Baltimore, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, and beyond.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
The Krieger School of Arts and Sciences must grow if it wishes to fulfill the goals related to undergraduate education. Growth is also essential if we wish to compete on a level playing field with our peers in terms of reputation, ranking, and accomplishment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In recent years, the Krieger School has leveraged institutional strengths in key research areas to garner several significant gifts capable of transforming the school\u2019s contributions to research and discovery. The Krieger School must continue to support investments in the Bloomberg Distinguished Professors Program<\/a>, the SNF Agora Institute<\/a>, the William H. Miller III Department of Philosophy<\/a>, the William H. Miller III Department of Physics and Astronomy<\/a>, and the Department of English.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Krieger School houses several elite departments whose exceptional faculty devote their time to research, teaching, and service. Growth of the faculty can produce exponential benefits, generating more opportunities for faculty collaboration and transforming the student experience through increased opportunities for research and mentorship. Strategic growth will increase the school\u2019s reputation even further, contributing to the collective excellence of a premiere school of arts and sciences. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Currently, the Krieger School is home for eight endowed professorships held by faculty members whose work and influence spans multiple fields within the humanities. We aim to increase the number of endowed professorships in the humanities to 14. Doing so will serve as a recruitment tool to establish a core group of tenured faculty in the humanities. Our vision is that these faculty members will be eager to further the interdisciplinary nature of their work, even as they engage deeply with undergraduate education and the public humanities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The Krieger School has identified several key fields of study that involve multiple departments and programs. Cluster hires and joint appointments in areas such as neuroscience, artificial intelligence, data intensive social sciences, sustainability and climate change, trans-Asian studies, and Africana studies are expanding the reach of these interdisciplinary fields.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Graduate education is vital for the health and productivity of any academic program, helping to stimulate discussion and discovery while training the next generation of scholars, intellectuals, and scientists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The changing nature of the PhD demands new ways to illustrate the broad social value of the degree. It requires more robust information about the variety of careers pursued by our PhD alumni and refined training to prepare students for an array of careers that may yet to be imagined. We stand ready to articulate the full potential of doctoral education by re-investigating in non-curricular activities, the nature of the dissertation, and how these relate to career outcomes. <\/strong>Following work already begun in the natural sciences and encouraged by national funding agencies, all Krieger School programs will engage with PHutures<\/a> and professionalize activities provided there. Additionally, the Krieger School has introduced a transformative initiative\u2014the Society of Fellows in the Humanities\u2014which selectively gathers top graduates of our PhD programs to experiment with a range of careers even as it honors the versatility of their training and expertise.Sustain excellence in highly ranked departments and those poised to excel.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Increase the profile of the humanities.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Invest in emerging fields of study across the arts and sciences.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Enhance the graduate student experience<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Our strategies to enhance graduate experiences<\/h3>
Define the future of the doctoral degree.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n\n\n\nImprove support for graduate students. <\/h4>\n\n\n\n