Antioch College

Antioch College is a private, independent liberal arts college in Yellow Springs, Ohio, United States, and is the founder and flagship institution of the six campus Antioch University system. Founded in 1852 by the Christian Connection, the college began operating in 1853 with Horace Mann as its first president. Its educational approach blends practical work experience with classroom learning and participatory community governance, and students receive narrative evaluations instead of letter grades. The 2007-08 enrollment is under 200 students.

In June 2007, the University’s Board of Trustees announced that the college would be suspending operations as of July 2008, and would try to reopen in 2012. More than half of the Antioch College faculty filed a lawsuit in August of 2007 to bar Antioch University from firing the college's tenured faculty or liquidating the college's assets. The announcement sparked an intensive fundraising drive by the college's alumni association. On November 3, 2007, the University Board of Trustees agreed to lift the suspension, and explore alternatives for the college to remain open. Negotiations broke down in late March 2008, however, greatly increasing the likelihood that the college would close at the end of the 2007-2008 academic year.

Antioch College is a member of the Great Lakes Colleges Association and the North American Alliance for Green Education. It was formerly also a member of the Eco League.

History

On October 5, 1850, the General Convention of the Christian Church passed a resolution stating "that our responsibility to the community, and the advancement of our interests as a denomination, demand of us the establishing of a College." The delegates further pledged "the sum of one hundred thousand dollars as the standard by which to measure our zeal and our effort in raising the means for establishing the contemplated College." The Committee on the Plan for a College was formed to undertake the founding of a college, and make decisions regarding the name of the school, the endowment, fundraising, faculty, and administration. Most notably, the committee decided that the college "shall afford equal privileges to students of both sexes." The Christian Connection sect wanted the new college to be sectarian, but the planning committee decided otherwise.

Antioch College is a private, independent liberal arts college in Yellow Springs, Ohio, United States, and is the founder and flagship institution of the six campus Antioch University system. Founded in 1852 by the Christian Connection, the college began operating in 1853 with Horace Mann as its first president. Its educational approach blends practical work experience with classroom learning and participatory community governance, and students receive narrative evaluations instead of letter grades. The 2007-08 enrollment is under 200 students.