An open letter from an Antioch alumna to the Board of Trustees ↗

An open letter from an Antioch alumna to the Board of Trustees

It has come to my attention that the current president of Antioch College, Jane Fernandes, is up for a two year renewal of her contract, to be voted on at the next board meeting on July 17, 2026. I am writing to express my utmost concern regarding the state of the college after four years with Ms. Fernandez at the helm, and urge you to VOTE NO on this renewal.

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The Pattern and the President ↗

The Pattern and the President

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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The AAUP has written to Antioch’s President. Twice. ↗

The AAUP has written to Antioch’s President. Twice.

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 The Board rescinded the termination in March and ordered an FPRC review.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…

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