[Alumni-chat] YSNews- Lack of Student Recruitment, faculty retention a 'catch-22'

[Laura Fathauer]

http://www.ysnews.com/stories/2007/11/112207_catch22.html
Lack of student recruitment,faculty retention a ‘Catch-22’ 

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OBR not obstacle
The process for regaining degree-granting authority could be
completed in a matter of weeks, Bloch said, which would allow
the college to enroll transfer students who choose to come to
Antioch in the fall 2008. According to Shane DeGarmo, who
represents OBR’s institutional authorization department, the OBR
have not revoked the college’s certificate of authorization to
grant degrees, and in fact it has never revoked a certificate
from a school in Ohio. 

“We would have concerns if adequate resources don’t exist to
serve students at the college, but to the best of my knowledge,
the college is stable,” DeGarmo said. “If it was the school’s
decision to teach out [discontinue teaching], that’s their
decision, but it’s not something that’s mandated by OBR.”

The North Central Association of Colleges and Schools
accrediting body also said Antioch University’s accreditation
(appraised for all the university campuses together) is
currently in fine standing, according to NCA president Steven
Crow, who has been monitoring Antioch’s financial difficulties
for over 20 years. He said the NCA had scheduled a routine
financial assessment of the university in July 2009 before the
college closure was announced, and that the agency had taken “no
official action” as a result of the closure announcement. 

“They’ve missed every enrollment target for years with the
college, and they’re still not anywhere close to having an
auditor say that this is a continuing problem,” Crow said.
“There is no one on the outside, other than Antioch’s own
internal governance structure, that is deciding to close.”


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