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Dec. 12
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It was interesting to read that Ed students now have higher SAT scores and higher grades than in the 1990’s. I thought SAT’s and college grades did not correlate very well.
Must be a bad sample or just a spurious relationship.
Brent, at 8:35 am EST on December 12, 2007
Hey Brent — Could it be due to SAT score inflation, on top of grade inflation? Maybe even reflects worsening job prospects, sending better qualified students heading into teaching. Well, God help them ....
Scat, at 9:15 am EST on December 12, 2007
Now that the Antioch “Agreement in Principle” has apparently been short-lived, there is a chance that an independent Antioch College may emerge. But it remains to be seen if the Antioch University Board of Trustees will relinquish their control of the college—and its assets—and on what terms.
While the university is called Antioch in name only, the name is the university’s biggest asset. It is likely that the branch campuses will continue to exist as living contradictions of the college’s long-standing values.
In order to sort out the value of the college, it may still be necessary for the alumni to insist on an independent audit in order to sort out the true financial picture of the college.
Richard, at 11:45 am EST on December 12, 2007
Antioch University relinquishing Antioch College may sound like tremendous news, but what effect will this have on the institution? Without the University, the College will not have accreditation. How long will that process take? Will current students lose their federal financial aid if the College is not accredited? What about the library? What about the physical assets? Will the University simply let the college take them? The physical buildings perhaps, but what about shared services such as tech support and human resources? Is the University willing to cede the library to the college? Could the *University* be accredited without a library?
Frankly, I’m startled by the news. This may be a case of “be careful what you wish for.” There just seem to be many, many unanswered questions.
Skooter, at 3:10 pm EST on December 12, 2007
As the flagship of the University system, it was Antioch College which spawned the numerous other campuses. Part of the “values” of the College which Richard speaks of was the sense that the Antioch mission and Horace Mann’s dream could be brought to other communities accross the country in a way that was symbiotic. Where has that value gone? The problem with the College has always been money, not the fact that it part of a University system. It’s too bad the alums cannot see the bigger picture and rejoice in the Antioch mission which has brought so much to people within and beyond Yellow Springs, Ohio.
Wilson, at 3:10 pm EST on December 12, 2007
The problem of Antioch College has not been one of finances, but of leadership through difficult times. The University leadership directed severe programmatic and administrative cuts in response to financial problems resulting from the stock market crash following 9/11. The College never recovered from those cuts.
How can we rejoice for the branches if the roots and trunk are allowed to die?
Laura, at 7:05 pm EST on December 12, 2007
Laura, read what you just wrote. The problems apparently are indeed financial as you so adroitly point out. This is only a structure issue to the extent the alumni want to make it a structure issue by withholding the necessary support.
Peter, at 12:40 pm EST on December 13, 2007
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CIC “Traveling Scholars” program is great too!
In addition to the initiatives mentioned in the article on the CIC (Council for Institutional Cooperation), I’d like to mention that it offers a program that allows graduate students to take courses at any member school with instate tuition and facilitated paperwork. As a student as Michigan State, I’ve been able to study with top professors at Indiana U.-Purdue U. at Indianapolis and Wisconsin Madison as well as at my own school.
Lee Griffin, at 8:25 am EST on December 12, 2007