Ad Hoc Committee Letter to Antioch College

Excerpt: We believe that the reinstatement of some faculty into positions consonant with their qualifications has much to offer the College as it works to gain academic accreditation and prepares for the arrival of students in fall 2011. We are experienced professionals whose commitment to the College has been tested by time. With few exceptions, the tenured faculty was hired through comprehensive national searches. Our tenure status was earned through rigorous multi-year processes of peer review incorporating numerous internal and external evaluations in order to assess our long-term value to the institution. We bring with us a unique wealth of experience with, and deep knowledge of, Antioch’s distinctive mix of Co-op and the liberal arts, with its long traditions of faculty and community participation, with its outward-looking, globally-oriented educational mission. Read More

‘Neshoba’ to Close Civil Rights Cinema Series

Antioch College will conclude its Civil Rights Cinema series at
7:00 p.m. Sept. 23 at The Little Art Theatre, 247 Xenia Ave., with a screening of Neshoba: The Price of Freedom, a documentary that tells the story of a Mississippi town still divided about the meaning of justice 40 years after the murders of young civil rights workers James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner.