Johns Hopkins must live up to its ideals

Johns Hopkins University recently extended the record-breaking tenure of its longest-serving president, Ronald J. Daniels. Under Daniels, Johns Hopkins has prospered, buoyed by the landmark $1.8 billion gift from alumnus Mike Bloomberg. As important, under Daniels, the university has hued to high ideals, recognizing its obligation to address equity. Now the question is whether the university, under Daniels’s extended leadership, will live up to those ideals.