Student guides lead members of the evaluation team on a one-hour walking tour of the Homewood campus, which was followed by a lunch meeting with trustees.

The Middle States Commission on Higher Education's evaluation team visited Johns Hopkins last week for a series of formal and informal meetings with senior administration, faculty and students. The 14-member site team, chaired by Brown University President Ruth Simmons, was here to assess Johns Hopkins' undergraduate programs as part of the university's reaccredidation process, which occurs every 10 years. The verdict? We'll have to wait for the official report, due in June. That's when Middle States will present its formal conclusions and any possible recommendations and inform the university of its accreditation status.

Paula Burger, chair of the accreditation steering committee, said that Simmons' oral presentation of the findings was quite positive. "The team acknowledged the culture of excellence at Hopkins and the energy and commitment being directed to undergraduate education," Burger said.

Ruth Simmons, president of Brown University, and Janet Smith-Dickerson, vice president for campus life at Princeton, meet with undergraduates at Homewood.

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