[Alumni-chat] Patrick Cates Problems with Antioch

[Patrick Cates]

> Early this month
Michael Brower had questions:
> 
> 1.  What is your gripe with Antioch?

Suffice it to say that I think Antioch College has
been poorly managed.  Also, I'm not a fan of the
Bush-like assertion that everything would be fine if
those critical of Antioch's administration would go
away.  "Cheer harder" is a piss-poor strategy for
keeping Antioch out of the toilet.

> 2.  What specific suggestions have you for improving
> Antioch's  
> curriculum, learning experiences, student
> recruitment, retention,  
> fund raising, etc., etc.?

I don't make recommendations anymore because a) no one
is listening and b) I no longer think that there is
anything that will help much.
 
> 3.  What specifically are you yourself doing, or
> have you done  
> recently, to help Antioch thrive, grow, survive,
> become again an  
> excellent model for all of higher education, etc.,
> etc.?

See 2b.

> 4.  By the way, what years were you at Antioch?

'91-66 as a student and '96-'98 as a staff member. (My
last post said '90--that was a typo)

Over and out,

Patrick Cates


       
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