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July 1: Independence day?

Thursday, December 13, 2007

As of yesterday, the Antioch community has one more acronym to add to their daily vocabulary. After two weeks of negotiations with representatives of the Antioch University Board of Trustees, on Friday a group of deep-pocket donors and former trustees established the Antioch College Continuation Corporation, or ACCC, scheduled to take over operations of a fully independent Antioch College by July 2008.

Sink the Captain Save the Ship

Friday, November 16, 2007

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“I did not get this college into this mess, it’s been going on for 30 years, I’m here to get it out of the mess.” –Toni Murdock If one thing has become evident this week, then it is that Toni Murdock is not the person to get Antioch out of this mess. While holding on [...]

Letter from Nancy Crow, President, Antioch College Alumni Board

Friday, November 16, 2007

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The Antioch College Alumni Board is calling for the retraction of the November 9th letter from Andrzej Bloch, Interim President of Antioch College, to the Antioch College faculty. This combative approach to academics is anathema to all of us; shared governance and faculty tenure were two main points of our Resolution of June 2007, and [...]

Uncertainty about Co-op Program Next Year

Friday, November 16, 2007

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By Ben Horlacher The Co-op program has gotten used to change. In 1921 Arthur E. Morgan (the then president of Antioch College) began what is know a trademark of Antioch, the Co-op program. During the last few years the Co-op program has seen many changes: the implementation of Co-op communities, the concept of “list jobs” [...]

Resolution of DC Antioch Alumni Group Meeting on November 11

Friday, November 16, 2007

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Over 30 Washington area Antioch College alums met yesterday, November 11 to discuss recent events and plan future activities that can help Antioch College in this transitional period. An almost unanimous vote of the 33 people in attendance agreed with the list below of concerns resulting from the recent Agreement in Principle between the [...]