“when was antioch college founded and what happened in 2008”
Antioch College was founded in 1850 by the Christian Connection and began operating in 1852, with education reformer Horace Mann as its first president (Antioch College (history and background)).
In 2008, Antioch University closed the college. The university board declared financial exigency in June 2007 and voted to suspend operations after one more year; the closure took effect July 1, 2008, with roughly 260 students and 35 faculty members remaining (College and University Government: Antioch University and the Closing of Antioch College). Alumni and faculty responded by forming the Nonstop Liberal Arts Institute and a governance body called ExCil to sustain the community until the college reopened independently in 2011 (The Antiochian – Fall 2018).
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