10x 2020
A vision for Johns Hopkins by the year 2020
In May 2013, Johns Hopkins University President Ronald J. Daniels articulated priorities for the university through the remainder of the decade, collectively called the Ten by Twenty. Here, we provide our second report on the progress the university has made toward those goals to date. And we invite you to join the conversation—you will find opportunities to engage throughout the report.
10x 2020 Progress Report Spring 2017
A vision for Johns Hopkins by the year 2020
In May 2013, Johns Hopkins University President Ronald J. Daniels articulated priorities for the university through the remainder of the decade, collectively called the Ten by Twenty. Here, we provide our second report on the progress the university has made toward those goals to date. And we invite you to join the conversation—you will find opportunities to engage throughout the report.
Our
Priorities
The aspirations that inspire and guide us as we look to the second half of the decade.
- Four Priorities
- Ten Goals
- Thirty Snapshots
Ten by Twenty launched four years ago. How are we doing? There is still more work to do toward our ambitious goals, but we’ve made some good progress. Here we present 30 “Snapshots”—stories of our most recent accomplishments since our first progress report was released in March 2015.
One University
- 1Selectively invest in programs that support our core academic mission.
- 2Strengthen our capacity for faculty-led interdisciplinary collaboration and launch a set of innovative cross-cutting initiatives that will contribute substantially to the world of ideas and action.
- 3Enhance the impact of Johns Hopkins Medicine, the Bloomberg School of Public Health, and the School of Nursing as the world’s pre-eminent academic health sciences enterprise by deepening collaboration among these entities and with disciplines in other parts of the university and across the globe.
Individual Excellence
- 4Build Johns Hopkins’ undergraduate experience so it stands among the top 10 in the nation.
- 5Build on our legacy as America’s first research university by ensuring that at least two-thirds of our PhD programs stand among the top 20 in their fields.
- 6Attract the very best faculty and staff in the world through a welcoming and inclusive environment that values performance and celebrates professional achievement.
Institution Building
- 8Strengthen the institutional, budgetary, technological, and policy frameworks necessary to set priorities, allocate resources, and realize the highest standards of academic excellence.
- 9Reinforce our position as the leading university recipient of competitively funded federal research support, while increasing the amount of annual research investment from other sources with appropriate cost recovery.
- 10Develop the resource base necessary to support investments in key academic priorities.
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Smart Health Coverage
Bringing the latest in health directly to consumers. The digital age has made it easy for consumers to research their own health but also easy to get lost in the flood of information—and misinformation—that the Internet provides. Johns Hopkins University and Johns Hopkins Medicine came together to cut through this noise by collaborating on a new consumer-driven magazine called Johns Hopkins Health Review.
Individual Excellence
Enhancing Student Services
Simplifying the mechanics of student life. Our students are drawn to Johns Hopkins for its innovative education, but once they get here, they often find the mechanics of being a Hopkins student — like registering, enrolling, and managing financial aid — a bit byzantine. To modernize the services we provide our students, the university launched the Student Services Excellence Initiative in
Commitment to Our Communities
An Engine of Growth
Building, buying, and hiring in Baltimore. Johns Hopkins is a critical economic engine for Baltimore, with hundreds of new employees hired each year, ongoing construction and renovation projects across the city, and annual purchases totaling millions of dollars in goods and services. Johns Hopkins has reaffirmed its long-standing commitment to Baltimore with several major initiatives designed to help the city realize
Institution Building
Attracting New Partnerships
Searching for new resources to help us innovate. At a time when researchers are dealing with funding shortfalls from traditional sources, Johns Hopkins is looking for new ways to support the work that is necessary to make groundbreaking discoveries. The Maryland E-Nnovation Initiative Fund was established by the General Assembly in 2014 to fund basic and applied scientific research in colleges and universities across
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Improving the Humanities
New faculty and a new institute to promote the humanities in Baltimore and beyond. While published reports indicate that the humanities at other colleges and universities are struggling with funding cuts and declining enrollments, Johns Hopkins is placing a greater emphasis on the importance of these disciplines by increasing its support for humanities students and faculty. The number of tenure track professors in the humanities at Hopkins has been growing
Individual Excellence
Room to Take Risks
Three new awards provide the freedom to bring big ideas to life. The key to Johns Hopkins’ ability to attract and retain the best and brightest faculty is to make sure they have the freedom to pursue their big ideas. The university is doing just that with three major annual awards to fund “out-of-the-box thinking … that might lead to breakthrough inventions and discoveries.” Those are the
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A Cancer “Moonshot”
A new institute is strengthening our world-class program in cancer immunology. Immunotherapy — redirecting patients’ highly individual immune systems to target, detect, and destroy cancer cells — is one of the most promising avenues of cancer research today. Johns Hopkins is on the cutting edge of this rapidly advancing approach to treatment and potentially a cure, thanks to the pathbreaking work being done at the Bloomberg~Kimmel Institute
Commitment to Our Communities
From Kindergarten to College
Creating a thriving city, one student at a time. One of the best ways Johns Hopkins, as an educational institution, can support Baltimore is by supporting its residents’ education. Over the past two years, the university has launched, or formed partnerships on, a number of initiatives that support Baltimore students of all ages. These programs bolster classroom programming, foster student health and well-being, and
Individual Excellence
Assessing Campus Well-Being
Working with students to meet their needs. Students know best how the university experience can be a challenge for one’s mental health. So when students urged President Daniels to take on issues of mental health on campus in fall 2015, he listened. The university convened a Task Force on Mental Health and Well-Being soon afterward to begin assessing the support programs and mental
Institution Building
Ideas to Market
Using our discoveries to benefit humanity. A cultural shift is underway at Johns Hopkins, where an emphasis on publishing scientific research is increasingly being partnered with a focus on bringing research ideas to market so they reach consumers and have a positive impact on society at an accelerated pace. Under the leadership of President Daniels, who has made it a priority
Institution Building
Rising to the Challenge
Exceeding expectations with our latest fundraising campaign. In March 2016, Johns Hopkins announced that it was extending its successful Rising to the Challenge campaign by a year, with the goal of raising an additional $500 million to further increase student aid, bolster faculty and clinician support, and use research to address critical issues facing our communities and the world. Rising to the
Commitment to Our Communities
Home Is Where Our Heart Is
Embracing nearby neighborhoods makes us all stronger. Over the past few years, the university has made significant progress in its efforts to strengthen the neighborhoods surrounding our campuses. The Eager Park neighborhood near the Johns Hopkins East Baltimore campus is undergoing a major transformation, with new housing, community institutions, offices and lab space, a central park, and retail. Some highlights: More than
Individual Excellence
A World-Class Faculty
A handbook for role models to use while guiding junior faculty. Academic divisions across Johns Hopkins are implementing new mentoring approaches and deploying more resources to support junior faculty as they navigate their paths to becoming future leaders. The university updated its Principles of Faculty Mentoring in February 2015, and the Provost’s Office worked with academic leadership and targeted faculty groups to identify strategies for improving
