Higher Education Section :: Page 44

• University, alumni agree on first step to independence

  By Diane ChiddisterJanuary 15, 2009

  Antioch College alumni and Antioch University this week took a first step toward creating an independent college. The step was a letter of intent agreed upon by both the Antioch University Board of Trustees and the board pro tempore of the Antioch College Continuation Corporation toward the separation of the college from the university structure, according to a press release dated January 13.

• Dismissal of lawsuit prompts appeal by Antioch faculty

  By Diane ChiddisterJanuary 8, 2009

  The former faculty of Antioch College recently appealed a November decision from the Greene County Common Pleas Court to dismiss the faculty lawsuit against Antioch University.

• Economy hits McGregor, affects union negotiations

  By Diane ChiddisterDecember 18, 2008

  A recent decline in enrollment at Antioch University McGregor has contributed to difficult contract negotiations between the school administration and its clerical staff union, according to several union representatives.

• Alumni board pledges to raise funds for Nonstop

  By Diane ChiddisterOctober 30, 2008

  At its meeting in Yellow Springs last weekend, the Antioch College Alumni Board unanimously resolved to raise $255,000 to fund the Nonstop Liberal Arts Institute through June. The board also recognized Nonstop as an important link to the revival of Antioch College.

• Learning, creating, Nonstop style

  By YS News StaffOctober 23, 2008

  

  A month and a half after its launch, the students, staff and teachers of the Nonstop Liberal Arts Institute face many unknowns. They don’t know how long Nonstop will stay funded. They don’t know if their beloved Antioch College will reopen.

• AAUP plans to investigate closure of Antioch College

  By Diane ChiddisterOctober 16, 2008

  The American Association of University Professors, or AAUP, has communicated with Antioch University leaders that it plans to launch an investigation into questions concerning the closure of Antioch College.

• Winterizing, shutdown of campus to end by November

  By Diane ChiddisterOctober 2, 2008

  The winterization and shutdown processes at the Antioch College campus will be completed by approximately Nov. 1, according to Antioch University Chief Financial Officer Tom Faecke last week.

• New Antioch College pro tem board members named

  By Diane ChiddisterSeptember 25, 2008

  The Antioch College Alumni Board recently named three new members of the pro tem board for an independent Antioch College. The three new board members, Terry Herndon of Massachusetts, Rozell Nesbitt of Chicago and Edward Richard of California…

• Series brings academe to Main Street

  By Susan GartnerSeptember 11, 2008

  For the past four years each January, Ohio State Professor of Russian literature Angela Brintlinger has been a guest speaker in Elizabeth Lutz-Hackett’s advanced placement high school English class.

• Concerns continue over Antioch campus shutdown

  By Diane ChiddisterAugust 28, 2008

  As representatives of Antioch College alumni and the Antioch University trustees continue their talks on the possibility of creating an independent college, the shutdown of the college campus continues.