by Horace | Jun 28, 2026 | Documents
Wikipedia article on Antioch College, snapshot taken 2026-06-29. Covers the college's 1850 founding, Horace Mann's presidency, the historical legacies of Coretta Scott King and Glen Helen, the 2008 closure and 2011 reopening, governance, notable alumni, and recent events as captured in the community-edited Wikipedia record.
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by | Jun 27, 2026 | Documents
Email from President Jane K. Fernandes to the Antioch College Board of Trustees, dated Saturday June 27, 2026, giving the trustees advance warning about a front-page article in the Antioch Record featuring two students in support of Professor Michael Casselli.…
Categories: Documents · Tags: Academic Freedom, Board of Trustees, Casselli, Communications, Personnel, President Fernandes
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by | Jun 27, 2026 | Documents
Letter from President Jane K. Fernandes to Antioch students and the campus community, apologizing for the multi-day loss of hot water in North Hall and, more pointedly, for the College’s poor communication during the outage. The letter promises new protocols…
Categories: Documents · Tags: AI Slop, Communications, Facilities, Housing, North Hall, President Fernandes, Student Life
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by Liz Flyntz | Jun 24, 2026 | Op-Eds & Analysis, Pedagogical Reckoning
Goddard: ~220 students — down 88% from ~1,900 (early 1970s)
Hampshire: ~747 students — down 94% from ~1,200 (mid-1990s peak)
Antioch: ~115 students — down 96% from ~2,700 (1973); down 57% from post-reopening high of 266 (2015)
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by | Jun 24, 2026 | Op-Eds & Analysis
One-page comparison of Goddard College (closed May 2024), Hampshire College (closing December 2026), and Antioch College — status, current enrollment vs peak, endowment, cash-on-hand, and DOE composite financial responsibility scores. Sources include DOE composite score files (AY18-19 through AY22-23), Brady…
Categories: Op-Eds & Analysis · Tags: Endowment, Enrollment, Finance, Governance
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by Shannon McCarville | Jun 22, 2026 | Calls to Action, Facebook
Your browser does not support HTML5 video. Download the video. By Shannon McCarville · Facebook · Jun 22, 2026 Antiochians: Reunion 2026 is July 16-19. JUST SHOW UP. Here’s why: I shared this last week in the Antioch College Alumni…
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by Lauren Shows | Jun 18, 2026 | Casselli, The Yellow Springs News
A longtime presence at Antioch College, Michael Casselli told the News that being suspended indefinitely with conditions, in his view, amounts to being fired without the due process historically afforded to, and expected by, tenured faculty — a concern also raised by the American Association of Univ
Categories: Casselli, The Yellow Springs News · Tags: AAUP, Antioch College, Faculty, Suspension
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by Liz Flyntz | Jun 12, 2026 | Op-Eds & Analysis, Pedagogical Reckoning
Three Institutions & Twenty Years of the Same Failures. A side-by-side look at Jane Fernandes’ leadership at Gallaudet University (2000–2006), Guilford College (2014–2020), and Antioch College (2021–present) — and the recurring pattern across all three.
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by Liz Flyntz | Jun 11, 2026 | Op-Eds & Analysis, Pedagogical Reckoning
The goal of this article is to look closely at Dr. Jane Fernandes’s record across multiple institutions and ask whether she is the right person to lead a college like Antioch, with all its particularities and its current dire financial state. To be fair, Fernandes took a job offered to her, after a search firm that Antioch’s own board and hiring committee selected recruited her. Very few people with higher-education executive experience would have taken it: turning around a financially distresse…
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by Liz Flyntz | Jun 5, 2026 | Casselli, Pedagogical Reckoning
In February 2026, Antioch College terminated the appointment of tenured professor michael casselli without convening the Faculty Promotion and Review Committee or the Board of Trustees, the bodies its own Faculty Personnel Handbook designates for termination for cause. The Board rescinded the termination in March and ordered an FPRC review. The review did not materialize. The American Association of University Professors has since written twice to President Jane Fernandes urging the hearing the…
Categories: Casselli, Pedagogical Reckoning · Tags: AAUP, Antioch College, Faculty, Governance, President
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