[Alumni-chat] 21st century liberal arts, etc., etc.

[Christian Skotte]

This is one of the many points that really sticks in my craw:


Board announces the creation of Antioch University Yellow Springs and a new
campaign for a new Antioch undergraduate program with 50% of the goal already
committed by the Board and several key donors. At least $30 million of this
should be designated for facilities.

Antioch University Yellow Springs? 50% of the goal committed by the Board? What?

Skooter

On 6/27/07, Callie Cary <ccary60 at gmail.com> wrote:
> No more co-op and no mention of the arts or
> communications/film/video/journalism, no philosophy...and on and on.  Rural
> residential undergraduate colleges have a tough road in terms of marketing
> themselves and many have fallen off the map.  Co-op offered students an
> avenue out of Yellow Springs and each time they returned they brought a
> piece of their experience to the community and the classroom.  Students
> aren't going to pay big bucks to be stuck in a corn field for 4 years.  Yes,
> co-op might need to be reconfigured but the co-op communities, which
> had evolved through the Renewal Plan and were being staffed entirely
> by alumni, were just starting to take shape and had some potential.  Does
> this administration think Antioch College alumni will donate to this
> effort?  And if not, where in the world will they get funds for this Antioch
> Lite?
>
> Callie Cary'84
>
>
>
> On 6/27/07, Christian Skotte <skooter3 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I don't know whether to laugh or cry:
> >
> > http://www.antioch-college.edu/collegenews/docs/Summary_Recomm_re_NewPlan.pdf
> >
> > This really convinces me that we need to stop the college from closing. If
> > this is what the "new" Antioch turns out to be ... well it's not Antioch.
> >
> > Skooter
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