Thursday March 12th, 2026
THE LANTERN
Issue 21, Year 145.
The independent student voice of Ohio State University since 1881.
Carter’s gone.What’s next? Davis Beatty and Trevor Voigt Managing Campus Editor and Campus Senior Writer
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ollowing the volves the hiring of shock and cona private consulting fusion of former Presfirm to conduct the ident Walter “Ted” search. Carter Jr.’s sudden Marcus said what resignation, the Ohio Ohio State needs State community from an interim faces the question: president, who “What’s next?” serves while that The Board of Trustsearch is underway, ees will now not only is a sense of stabilhave to decide who ity and reassurance the next president coming from a uniwill be and if there versity insider. will be an interim “I would advise president, but how not bringing in an to regain the trust of outsider, but trying Ohio State’s students, to find someone infaculty and beyond, side. It may be a prosay two experts who vost or dean of one study higher educaof the schools that’s tion leadership. been there for quite In fact, the board a while, who’s seen set a meeting for as a neutral, stable Thursday morning person, and who’s to announce the next also probably not university leader, interested in being though it’s not clear president,” Marcus if that person will said. “I assume there SANDRA FU | MANAGING PHOTO EDITOR be the next univermust be people like Former President Walter “Ted” Carter Jr. speaks to The Lantern on Jan. 20. sity president or an that somewhere interim. there.” When Matt Mayhew, a Flesher proJohnson resigned in 2023 after Carter announced on Monday he Mayhew said the change in presifessor of educational administration at just two-and-a-half years on the job, resigned over the weekend after disdents also raises questions about Ohio Ohio State, learned of Carter’s resigsimilar to Carter. To this day, it is still closing to the board he had an inapState’s direction and what will happen nation, he said all he could think was unclear why she stepped down. propriate relationship with someone with Carter’s initiatives, including AI “Oh, my goodness, not again.” Ann Marcus, a New York University seeking public resources. That means fluency. He said the nature of Carter’s “I think what really hurts the comprofessor of higher education focused Carter’s replacement will become Ohio resignation creates a morale issue. munity is this just happened recently on leadership studies, said that the State’s sixth president within the past with president [former President process of appointing a new president 14 years, according to Ohio State’s TED CARTER continues on Kristina M. Johnson], right?” Mayhew usually takes a good amount of time website. page 3. said. to be done properly, and often in-