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<p>One area in which JHU can improve its marketing is undergraduate research. A lot of students are looking for places that offer strong opportunities for undergraduate research. The undergraduate research opportunities at JHU are one of its greatest strengths, yet relatively few people know about it, and you have to dig pretty deep to find out.</p>

<p>For example, if I Google “Undergraduate research UPenn”, this is the first hit:</p>

<p>[Center</a> for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships](<a href=“Penn CURF”>Penn CURF)</p>

<p>And “Undergraduate research Duke” brings me here:</p>

<p>[Duke</a> University | Undergraduate Research: Home](<a href=“http://undergraduateresearch.duke.edu/]Duke”>http://undergraduateresearch.duke.edu/)</p>

<p>“Undergraduate research Johns Hopkins” takes me to an obscure page in the biology department (reinforcing the view that JHU is just a bio/med school):</p>

<p>[Undergraduate</a> Research](<a href=“http://www.bio.jhu.edu/Undergrad/Research.aspx]Undergraduate”>http://www.bio.jhu.edu/Undergrad/Research.aspx)</p>

<p>The fourth hit on Google takes me here:</p>

<p>[Provost’s</a> Undergraduate Research Awards](<a href=“http://web.jhu.edu/administration/provost/pura]Provost’s”>Provost's Undergraduate Research Awards)</p>

<p>That’s a little better, but compare it to Duke’s site. Which university looks like it provides better opportunities for undergraduate research? This is an area in which JHU was a pioneer and remains a leader. Why not advertise it?</p>

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<p>^^ Excellent point.</p>

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<p>Johns Hopkins issue which the new Dean of KSAS seems to be trying to correct is the lack of cooperation between divisions. When I was a senior I desperately wanted to take a course at the DC campus of SAIS but at the time there were no channels to really go through. After spending an entire summer jumping through hoops sending emails to different offices I just gave up. JHU unfortunately doesn’t have the luxury of other universities where all the schools are located on the same campus. I happen to be one of those type of alums that still follows up the news of their alma mater and from what it sounds like the only school that seems to be giving KSAS trouble with cooperation is SAIS or it could just be they didn’t print anything yet.</p>