Local universities with steep debt search for path forward
Many Ohio universities — Wittenberg, Central State, Antioch and more — are navigating what’s become a nationwide challenge: juggling financial troubles while continuing to educate students.
Higher Learning Commission alerts Antioch College to ‘financial distress’
The News spoke this week with Antioch College President Jane Fernandes, who said of the designation: “It’s information that we have some financial work to do — that our financials are not just flowing, and now we have to make them work.”
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2024 In Review | Top Stories
2024's top stories in Yellow Springs: Low-income housing dominates local discourse, new apartments coming to Antioch College, locals protest firing at Wellness Center, March homicide claims local life and village home raided for marijuana.
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HLC Financial Distress Designation — Antioch College (Nov 25, 2024)
November 25, 2024 designation notice from the Higher Learning Commission (HLC) placing Antioch College on Financial Distress. HLC based the designation on information from a complaint indicating that the institution’s auditors made a going concern audit finding, as well as broader concerns about the institution’s finances. Antioch College remains accredited pending an advisory visit in…
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First steps toward 128 more apartments in Yellow Springs
Tentatively dubbed “Unity Village” by Columbus-based real estate developer Windsor Companies, the planned buildings will be composed of 32 two-bedroom and 96 one-bedroom units — 128 in total — ranging from 650 to 1,100 square feet.
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Antioch College earns Federal Work College designation
The Federal Work College system is an evolution of the traditional work-study program. While the latter typically benefits students from lower-income backgrounds, the work college model mandates that every student living on campus must work, regardless of their financial background.
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