Ohio University

Date: Dec 31 1969
Major: Education (This Major's Salary over time)
Ohio University is a beautiful, historic campus. For the most part, there is a moderately high quality of academics and research here.

However, if you are planning to study Counselor Education, I strongly warn prospective students to avoid Ohio University's program. I spent 4 years in the O.U.'s Counselor Education doctoral program (2004-2008) and found several of the professors to be condescending and difficult behind closed doors, but very nice to you in public.
Also, the faculty has a very poor level of knowledge and skill in regards to the practice of clinical counseling and psychotherapy. In an attempt to conceal their limitations, they will frequently use phases such as: "we are generalists, not specialists". Consequently, you find yourself (in many classes) simply answering socratic questions about irrelevant aspects of the profession they deem important, rather than learning how to become a skilled clinical counselor and counselor educator. If you try to learn important clinical topics on your own, the faculty will often find ways to diminish your interests and discourage you from growing. This behavior frequently left me discouraged and confused about the purpose of education. It seems that they often wanted their students to be "mirrors", reflecting back the professor's own beliefs and values. At the end of the program, I was left feeling cheated and unequipped (even though I carried an A- average).

If you actually enjoy learning and growing, please don't make the same mistake that I made. O.U.'s counselor education program does not invite you to explore your interests and potential. Rather, it imposes a veiled, rigid structure that implies a subtle (but effective) undercurrent about the limits of knowledge, attempting to keep you in the faculty's box.

Ohio University's Counselor Education Program Grade: D-