Speakers: Matthew Derr, Lee Morgan, Beverly Rodgers, Aimee Maruyama, Julian Sharp
using arts & sciences
testing academic plan with high school students
Beverly:
a week to ten days in between each term
no summers off
flipped educational model upside down
begin forming relationships with faculty in first year 1:5 teacher ratio
lee: target to have tuition equal or below state school out of state, do it in 3 years.
we just lost a work quarter
seven academic quarters, five coops
the question is can a human being develop properly in 3 years. I don’t have a good answer.
sandy macnab: do you have entering class in back pocket?
lee: we can just about offer a free ride to the first 25 students
recruitment will be more about finding the proper diversity mix
beverly: want alumni chapters to help interview prospective students
in last year school closing had 62 students
susan greene: similar calendar took me five years.
three years may only attract more sophisticated students than our target diversity
kathy huff: how’s annual fund going?
aimee: it’s 2.8 million. we’re just over half way
kathy huff: wouldn’t it be wise to keep the endowment?
11.4% currently giving (aimee)
lee: since announced closure 16 million raised
2 million in the bank
4-5 million in outstanding pledges
lee: operating budget 400k/month $5 million/year
2 million to rehab gym
south gym will accommodate 250 seat black box theater shared facility with village
beverly level out at 600 students half on campus half remote
tour of building at antiochcollege.org
howard cort: is there enough flexibility in the program?
beverly: we’re presenting program for three years it may take four
derr: first class planned to come in at 100% discount
reduced discount rate to about 30%
hover around 20% after received accreditation
26,000 tuition and 10,000 in fees first year
beverly: not negating governance but having a director of community
jim hobart: what if this design doesn’t work?
I never would have made it through this program
where’s the fun?
derr: it works according to credits and math.
we have to invest in student life, gym, glen to have rich experience
we have to look at this empirically at how it plays to 17 year olds
we have to decide what our admission criteria are. works better when students have had work experience
first entering class 25 second 50 third 75
involve community mangers in year long curriculum in community
give new community agency of its own
have to plan for governance on campus or they’ll rebel against it
roger: where would you recruit transfer students?
derr: public university students who want liberal arts education but don’t have access
start hosting prospective students this fall
lee: if this doesn’t work we’re going to go down in a blaze of glory. we’re not going to do something half-ass
prexy: our legacy is risk taking. when I say antioch lives people say “are you serious? you came back again?” this is our legacy.
susan: I take you at your word student body won’t be all white.
the first year is where we must recruit the class that looks different. must have working class students.
prexy: we’ve begun going places antioch never went to (in terms of diverse recruitment).
lee: we’re devoting a day to this subject at our may board meeting
beverly: I’m chair of morgan fellows
julian: eight OSU students came on spring break to do work
4/24-25 big volunteer weekend on campus
derr: we need you to talk to disconnected and angry alumni and turn them around
note: the fundamental academic subjects- it’s unclear to some alumni how they fit in.
derr: board meeting will be in yellow springs may 24-25. Details to come.