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PRESS RELEASE
Wednesday August 15. 2007
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
THE ANTIOCH PAPERS – OPEN PRIMARY SOURCE ARCHIVE – NOW ONLINE
http://theantiochpapers.org/
Today a national network of journalists, archivists, and information scavengers opened an on-line public archive of
primary source documents concerning Antioch College/University.
University-produced documents on-line at The Antioch Papers reveal:
1. that if by June 30, 2008, a “land development company has not been engaged, the College would move
toward permanent closure.” – From “College Suspension Scenarios 1 and 2.” 2007.
2. the Board meeting in which financial exigency was declared for the College contains plans for $25,383,000
in new construction at Antioch Seattle in 2012. – From “Data for Financial Planning Discussion.” 2007.
The Antioch Papers is an open archive for primary source materials that document the institutional life of Antioch College
and, by extension, Antioch University. Source materials have been gathered through publicly accessible archives and
through submissions by institutional whistle-blowers concerned about violations of transparency, community governance,
and educational standards in the dismantling of the College.
In the spirit of community governance, the staff of the Antioch Papers released 2 collectively developed quotes for the
press at this time.
AP Collective Quote 1
“Antioch is about life long learning, in a way the school never leaves you. We feel the University’s lack of transparency
concerning the closing of the College has robbed us of important teachable moment. Thank goodness for the folks who
have been sending us documents.”
AP Collective Quote 2
“Our education at Antioch taught us to integrate, elevate, and challenge our personal concerns and insights among the
larger social fabric of civic life. We feel there needs to be an institutional review of the college based on internally and
externally generated documents as a counter point to the personal-experience based critiques that have dominated so many
opinion editorials.”
Because of the collective nature of the Antioch College Papers, there is no individual spokesperson for the group. The
group as a whole is willing to answer any questions at the email address below. The AP feels this collective strategy is
essential at this moment due to the imbalance between personal experience and documented institutional understanding in
the popular press’s coverage of the closing of Antioch College – this position may be modified as conditions change.
Inquiries and submissions may be made in writing to:
theantiochpapers [at] gmail [dot] com
Communications will be treated as confidential.
Webmaster: Timothy Noble – 443-653-2262
