[Alumni-chat] Recent Visit to YS

[Laura Fathauer]

--- "toyboy (andy at svcable.net)"
<alumni-chat_forum at antiochians.org> wrote:

> As for Antioch College becoming the University, well
> I hate to say it, but in essence that's the way it
> is now. If only taking a look at things physically,
> the University offices are just right across
> Livermore from the main campus. These people live
> there! I fail to see how having the College
> administration take over administration of the
> University would change anything in the long run.
> That's how it started.  It is only due to a sort of
> us-them way of thinking that causes people to
> believe there is such a dramatic split. 


There were multiple points at the beginning of my
message- Leadership, Mission, and Values. Having AU
Admin across the street, while physically in YS, does
not actually indicate unification in any of those
three.

With decentralization, Guskin created the separate
identities, and hence the us-them. As much as AU Admin
posits "Antioch University IS the only legal entity,"
unification stops there. 

What I indicated in my message was unification of the
three, a true Antioch University, centered in Yellow
Springs. Not quite a return to the early Guskin era- a
better structure of the early Guskin era. Unification
around the 150+ year old historic campus. A chancellor
in Main Building, directly responsible for, and
accountable to, the Yellow Springs campus, INCLUDING
adcil. A dean of graduate programs. Pre-eminence of
the historical campus and traditions that created
Antioch. Experienced leadership that understands the
missions and values of the university and lives by
them.
  

> And as for mules or hybrids, some Alums might say
> that Antioch College has been something of a mule in
> recent years.

What application of 'mule' are you applying to in this
case- I can't tell from your brief statement. I
indicated how I thought the definition aptly applied.

Here's another thought experiment- if one of the
satellite campuses were to close, how much alumni
support (and outrage) would that campus receive to
keep it open? San Franciso? Philadelphia? London? Law
School?

People have indicated we need to stop arguing about
'our graduates' and 'their graduates'. As long as the
core identity of Antioch University is NOT at the core
of the historical residential institution, it will
*always* be "our graduates" and "their graduates."
 
-laura



       
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