Joe McLaughlin: “OU should be ‘fearlessly first’ in restoring academic quality”

Dr. Joe McLaughlin (Associate Professor, English) has written an opinion piece for the Athens News that calls for the re-prioritization of education and academics here at OHIO. McLaughlin, a previous President of Faculty Senate, writes:

For university leaders, it’s OK to fail, as long as you fail the same way as everyone else. There’s nothing “fearless” about pursing that strategy. To be truly “fearless” would be to restore Ohio University’s greatness by reinvesting, with dollars and not simply rhetoric, in the educational mission of preparing students for successful careers, engaged citizenship, and lives enriched with a sense of meaning and purpose.

Read the full opinion piece by clicking here.