[Alumni-chat] Antioch future vision

[dl bahr]

Laura:  

I really hope this discussion does not become a "us" on the ground (post Guskin) vs "them" (them being anyone from a different era of Antioch with some ideas).  If you on the ground "need" alumni money then perhaps you might also listen to a few ideas.  Antioch College might have something to learn from its elders.  Many went on to have successful lives after Antioch and just might have some valuable input re: a way out.  I believe in considering possibilities rather than staying with status quo.  There has been millions of $$$$ given to Antioch over the last decades.  Where is the accountability to those "key stakeholders?"
Antioch taught me not to shy away from criticism but to face it and learn from it.

Lesley Pownall Bahr

> Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2007 07:25:36 -0800
> From: pas0705 at yahoo.com
> Subject: Re: [Alumni-chat] Antioch future vision
> To: alumni-chat at w3.antioch.edu
> 
> Sistersara, I know you love to tread out your baseless
> history that everything post guskin was evil and
> should be given a merciful death, but its simply not
> true.
> 
> Antioch College had 2-3 years of balanced budgeting in
> 98-00.
> Antioch College received top marks in the NCSSE
> report.
> Antioch College had the highest retention rates for
> decades in 2001
> Budget cuts in 01-03 were almost ENTIRELY caused by
> the stock market crash. Yes, there are CFO statements
> in publically available documents that support this.
> EVERYONE had problems immediately following 9/11.
> 
> The NCA accredidation team, pre-renewal commission,
> had NO problems with the program at Antioch College.
> They had issues with governance, budgeting, physical
> plant, availability of resources, but NONE with the
> Program of Antioch College.
> 
> I will admit to one thing- in 2001, given the
> financial aid market conditions, the College's budget
> for Admissions, and the physical plant of the College,
> we had apparently reached the level of recruitment
> that we could do with those available resources. What
> was needed in 2001 was an investment in those areas,
> and what we got instead was $2mil of expense cuts.
> 
> One thing we do agree on, is you can't keep cutting
> faculty and staff (and student support), and expect
> the program to grow. 
> 
> The Faculty of the College are already working on the
> curriculum and the program. Our faculty are as good as
> our students- give them the resources they need, and
> they'll be wildly successful. 
> 
> And as far as technology infrastructure goes, the cost
> is in the hardware and the support, both of which have
> been removed from the College by the University's
> centralization & relocation. Wiring, if done right, is
> only an intial cost, not recurring.
> 
> We all want the College to be successful, renowned,
> and excellent. There are many stakeholder groups
> involved. Those groups will have primary
> responsibility in many areas- and the on-campus
> community should have the lead in programmatic
> decisions and changes. That is how you get buy-in,
> participation, and success. 
> 
> -laura
> 
> 
> --- Sistersara at aol.com wrote:
> 
> 
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