The Ohio Plan, or Ohio Fellows Program, was developed by Kenneth Blanchard at Ohio University in 1964. The Ohio Plan was designed to guide gifted students and teach them how to act in leadership roles. Program participants enrolled in a series of seminars during the junior and senior year, worked at several internships during their summers, and completed a senior project with a faculty advisor. Other activities included speakers, social functions, and trips to meet influential leaders. Ohio Fellows, as the students were called, took trips to Boston and Washington D.C., and met with government and business officials in both cities. The program was very small and exclusive, and only contained between fifteen and thirty students each year. In the late 1960s, the program changed slightly and began recruiting freshman and exceptionally promising high school students. In 1967, the program was known exclusively as The Ohio Fellows Program. The program was short lived, however, and ended in 1970.
From the guide to the Ohio Fellows Program records., 1964-1970, (Ohio University)
