[Organizers] [Alumni-chat] FW: questioning basic principles?

[Laura Fathauer]

--- Mark Pomerantz <marklp2 at comcast.net> wrote:
> The question is why was it such a massive failure when it has worked well
> elsewhere?  

After a bull leaves a china shop, do you sit around and wonder if he didn't
like the flower pattern?
 
The failure of the plan was that it put the college in five years of
board-mandated deficit, relied on board fundraising to cover that deficit and
the improvements the plan called for, which the board did not do; and it failed
because it was developed in secret and killed the college's ability to market
itself, which killed almost two full recruitment cycles. AND it was implemented
following the abandonment of all the components of the college's strategic plan
that made students happier and want to stay more. 
 
All of these changes were mandated by succesive chancellors and trustees who-
A- didn't have a clue on how residential liberal arts colleges operate,
particularly in regards to recruitment, and
B- didn't have a clue on what attracted students to Antioch College and why
they stayed.

-l



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