Antioch College: A Celebrated History and an Uncertain Future

Autor/in	Hayford, Elizabeth R.
Titel	Antioch College: A Celebrated History and an Uncertain Future
Quelle	In: New Directions for Higher Education, (2011) 156, S.65-81 (17 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0271-0560
DOI	10.1002/he.456
Schlagwörter	Higher Education; Alumni; Governing Boards; Alumni Associations; Liberal Arts; Financial Exigency; School Closing; Resistance to Change; Public Opinion; Educational History; Educational Development; Politics of Education; Board of Education Policy + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Governing body; Governing bodies; Leitungsgremium; Absolventenbetreuung; Finanzielle Härte; School closings; Schule; Schließung; Schließung (von Schulen); Öffentliche Meinung; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Bildungsentwicklung; Educational policy; Bildungspolitik
Abstract	On June 7, 2007, the Antioch University board of trustees declared that Antioch College, an independent liberal arts college in Yellow Springs, Ohio, was in a state of financial exigency, and, two days later, voted to suspend college operations after the next academic year. After that year, the board oversaw the closing of the college while announcing a plan to reopen it in 2011. Since then, Antioch has closed, transferred responsibility for its operations, and made a decision to reopen. Although significant steps have been taken toward reopening the college, it is not clear whether the college will revive or how a new mission will evolve. But the announcement of the closing unleashed an uproar, including a lawsuit, extensive press coverage, a newly energized alumni association, and several rounds of intense negotiations. Antioch College has had a special place in American higher education, and the announcement of its closing generated passionate responses, from a fierce determination to reverse the decision to a determined effort to justify it. Alumni were involved on both sides, and the intensity of the struggle reflected Antioch alumni's special connection to their alma mater. In this article, the author describes the closing of Antioch College carried out in June 2008, and the effective alumni resistance to the close, along with some of the lessons that might be helpful to other colleges facing similar challenges of falling enrollments and repeated budget shortfalls. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10