Johns Hopkins University (JHU) has a very simple mission that has been in place since the 1800s;
To 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.
Personally, I feel there is not much to work with when it comes to JHU’s mission statement. It is very simple, short, and doesn’t have a lot of depth compared to other institutions. I understand tradition is important to JHU, but so much has changed since the 1800s and their mission statement needs to reflect that today. JHU’s website also states that the first president, Daniel Coit Gilman, has an even shorter mission statement; “Knowledge for the world” (History & mission, n.d.).
In regards to JHU’s Computer Science program and the decrease in graduate numbers, the School
of Engineering which houses the Computer Science program does a great job at meeting the mission statement when it comes to independent and original research. The School of Engineering
works closely with the School of Medicine and the Applied Physics Laboratory to overlap scientific research, projects, and breakthroughs. Together, all 3 of these schools will research “
AI,
computational biology and medicine and information security to machine learning, robotics, and speech and language processing” (About, 2021). However, the big question is still lingering, why are the Computer Science graduate numbers decreasing?
As mentioned before in previous discussions, a Computer Science program is not inclusive. Nowhere in the universities mission does it state anything about inclusivity. As time has gone on, more individuals can relate to having a disability and wanting to change the world. Are universities willing to include these students? The same can be said for females. Computer Science is a male dominated industry, are women getting a fair chance to show their talents? JHU
needs to reevaluate their mission statement with the possibility of rewriting it to include more diversity and inclusivity.
About
. Department of Computer Science. (2021, November 2). Retrieved October 16, 2022, from https://www.cs.jhu.edu/about/
History & mission
. Johns Hopkins University. (n.d.). Retrieved October 16, 2022, from https://www.jhu.edu/about/history/
