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efacto “representatives” of the community. We that have come up in detailed FIT, ComCi t and
t it was necessary that someone go, and at leas ddl meetings. However, again, we hope our visit w
empi to give a better picture of the implication cite the board to seriously consider the ramification*!
oard’sdmision on the community. c proposed cuts. This comrntmity has considered, in
AdCil approval of a dncitrncnt (by a vote of 5-4) rent depth, and an eight to ten pciwnr budget cut this
sn’t mean thai the commimity hÈ finishid with #tic
. We went in an attempt to represen sir, nrti year, or any time soon wit! cripple the
legc that too easily disappear from sue. We wanted to demonstrate that the community is college’s abilify to offer anything of the academic
redibly concerned and committed to continue working proc “ram.
ary tmus 01 sweeping changes. Essentially, we J – – -+’ – —+.+J
o present faces and flesh doneside the wronosal deeply concerned and extremely dedicated to Antioch.
It’s just so rare that there’s direct contact between the – . .
d the &ess hat produced it.
reciate the individual visits made this tei
lanning committee members (Bruce
ash. Jim McDonald), we thought it
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college cornmunit y and members of the hoard. ?n The Executive Committee didn’t turn us around and
point west toward Ohio. Any other cotlege’s hoard
probably would have, but that willingnes~ to listen
College Coinm~inity members in person.
More people who had been involved in the r . .*
up going. As we pulled away from Yeflow Springs we
immediately considered the implications of OUT notions
symbolizes to us a vibrant hope for better future comm
nication. We hope thai whoever the next prcskleni may
be, will enjoy a htmcture or commumcfition hclwccn Ihe
board and collcgc that tioesn’! iwt cntirciy on the
president
*., .
In the meeting, we didn’t present any alternative plans,
and didn’t have :i lot of time to repre,sent the variety of
c effects that we didn
ail:
I
ill
of
ing the integrity of the College as a Liberal Arts
chool. (Please see postscript for a short history of what
happened (he last time major cuts were forced on the
Cot Icp. )
Just a few examptrs of iminftiiat ‘t
h
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we time to present in much (lei
The need to restate and renew the institution’s
imminnem to attracting an even more diverse group of
udents and faculty and the understanding that it will
nancial Planning Committee (PPC), AfiCil. paneling programs lo rewh hiplw en omCil members. However, due to ihe hectic d tlms gain more revctiiie from htitio miidi narrower representation of the community end usv acenda. which actuallv turned into 20-25 minutes. As one of the few Academic Pro}!mm
so far, the Summer Instimies, wtwn totiill y
eliminated in Summer 2003. arc prniccfix! (C~flt. p.1
what how lhat future will b
institutionalized. We say [h
with the with the institution
king the financial decis 3 of 2470 to 475 by 1985.
seems lo be the other w se drops in enrollment led to
NPRECEDENTED. Don’t culty cuts, including closing
uses. so much of th apartments and terminating
ainlain this momentum, education extends beyond
d of their potential future Recognize that Antioch classroom. This community culty in 1972-73 (‘including
culty in administration) was
tely essential to the 5 and by 1979-80 it had
an the other satellite ntioch education. but it’s no
55% in that period. This
o more student departures.
e downward spiral hit bottom
ct held certain dep n 1979 when the Collegu wa
nable to make payroll an8 an
eir part of the overall program grecment with Grcene County
iis cripples departments IIowed the faculty to keep
cnured faculty member d of Tmstees for ta
a short amount of
think the management
ndowment to reali
ngs of recent contr clear that the Future of From the AdCil proposal; as
11: “The Board of Trustees
s realized they would be is and future academic
ch the FPC discussed for s in community discus to continue their … (that) will rninimise the
rs and never made it into the all dcmonstratcd very inherent in budget-making
discontent led to a ser
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