[2] After the announcement of his appointment in March 1983, Johns told Gallaudet students that: "The future strength of this college lies in continuing and expanding its research and teaching work not only nationally but internationally through the use of new communications technology," and he had plans to expand course offerings in computing technology.
[3] Johns also had plans to focus on using the science of economics as head administrator of Gallaudet, as it pertained to the issues of financial efficiency and cost-effectiveness.
In this day and age, any college or university president who does not run that enterprise as a business is not going to last long.
Accessible higher education does not mean watering down the standards so that anyone who wants a degree can walk away with one..."[5] Johns was a progressive educator who followed principles of shared governance and democratic accountability, having sought the participation of the National Association of the Deaf and Gallaudet's alumni.
In 1965 he became an Assistant Professor of Educational Administration at California State University, Northridge and later served as assistant to the dean of the School of Education, then Director of A-V Services, then Associate Vice-President of Business and Administrative Affairs.