by Liz Flyntz | May 16, 2026 | Op-Eds & Analysis, Pedagogical Reckoning
On April 14, 2026, Hampshire College’s board of trusteesvoted to close the college at the end of the fall 2026 semester. The announcement was not (or at least, should not have been) a surprise. In March 2026 its accreditor, the New England Commission of Higher Education,placed Hampshire on notice and warned it could withdraw accreditation over the college’s enrollment and finances. The Massachusetts Department of Higher Educationcould not confirm Hampshire held sufficient resources to operate th…
Categories: Op-Eds & Analysis, Pedagogical Reckoning · Tags: Governance
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by | Sep 1, 2025 | Op-Eds & Analysis
Give Jane a Little More Time and It Could Happen Under President Jane Fernandez’s leadership Antioch is on verge of disaster. The most recent audit of the College (year ending June 20, 2025) and other financial documents show this: Not a Going Concern? – The auditors hired by the College state in their report that…
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by | Feb 22, 2015 | Op-Eds & Analysis
Sharahn D. Boykin’s February 22, 2015 Dayton Daily News piece reporting that Antioch College was almost halfway through $81 million in campus capital improvements — sustainability, energy efficiency, and a smaller carbon footprint — with about $37.1 million completed by early 2015 (central geothermal plant Phase 1, wellness center, Arts & Science Building renovations Phase…
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by | Aug 1, 2010 | Op-Eds & Analysis
Jean Gregorek’s account, published in Volume One of the AAUP Journal of Academic Freedom (2010), of the Nonstop Liberal Arts Institute — the year-long alternative institution created by exiled Antioch College faculty and community after Antioch University’s 2007 closure announcement, and one of the strategies that led to the College’s independent revival. ↓ Read the…
Categories: Op-Eds & Analysis · Tags: AAUP, Governance, Nonstop
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by | May 1, 2010 | Op-Eds & Analysis
The American Association of University Professors’ full investigative committee report on the events leading to Antioch University’s 2007 announcement that Antioch College would suspend operations in 2008. Covers the governance history, the University’s absorption of the College’s endowment, the erosion of shared governance, and the AAUP investigating committee’s findings on the closing. ↓ Read the…
Categories: Op-Eds & Analysis · Tags: AAUP, Antioch University, Closing, Faculty, Governance
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by | Jan 1, 2010 | Op-Eds & Analysis
Rowan Kaiser’s book-length account, written from the perspective of a Save Antioch movement organizer, of the events between Antioch University’s June 2007 announcement to close Antioch College and the campus’s shuttering in June 2008. Kaiser was one of the final Community Managers chosen before the closure and a founding member of the Antioch College Action…
Categories: Op-Eds & Analysis · Tags: Antioch University, Closing, Governance
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