[Alumni-chat] about Dixon and Sparks

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In a message dated 2/12/2008 8:23:07 P.M. Central Standard Time,  
pas0705 at yahoo.com writes:

That's  not what I've seen in his reports to the trustees and his
state of the  college addresses. From 85 & 86, guskin came in and
made that  determination that either it was the college or the
law school, and he  decided the law school would have to be
jettisoned and efforts focused on  saving the college. From what
I've also read, both the trustees & some  of the community
balked, and essentially guskin made a deal with the  trustees- he
would give people associated with the law school time  to
fundraise, and if they did not get a certain amount by a  certain
date, guskin wanted authority to execute the closure  without
board action, and was given that authority. 

Talk about  repeating history...



Well, the report to the Alumni Board concerning the closing of the Law  
School was in Fall, 1988 or later, because that is when my AA Board terms  began.  
At that time the closure had already happened, or was  underway.  Actually, I 
believe they "sold" the school to the District  Public University and it still 
exists under another name of course.   Apparently no students had their legal 
education interrupted, because of the  transfer.  In effect Guskin was 
reporting on something already a final  decision when making his report to the 
Alumni Board.  `
 
His discussion about the better demographics for an Antioch Law School  in 
Ohio was fairly well researched, so perhaps at some juncture in the process  he 
did consider moving the school to the Dayton-Yellow Springs Area.   Or it 
could have been a post-hoc rationalization in service to public  relations, 
Antioch Style.  But I do remember agreeing with Guskin regarding  Dayton being a 
good location.  (remember, I came to Antioch from  Kettering).   And while Steve 
Wasby is correct, the University of  Dayton now has a Law School, in fact that 
school was only opened in the  mid-1970's, perhaps half a decade after 
Antioch Law opened in  DC.   From the depression era well through the 1960's, UD was 
tied to  two Dayton Institutions -- NCR and Wright-Patterson.  They stressed  
engineering, particularly aeronautical engineering, and the sorts of 
engineers  NCR needed in the days of mechanical cash registers and office machines.  I 
 think those, plus business, were the only grad schools at UD.  UD took  
quite a hit when NASA was formed in the late 50's, and the R & D centers at  
Wright-Pat were moved to Alabama, Texas and Florida, and in the early 60's when  
the procurement side of the Air Force was moved to Andrews just  outside DC.  
And then along came the little chip that ran the  cash register, and NCR had a 
revolution.  Shifting to more advanced  programs in the Social Sciences, and 
adding the Law School was UD's response to  the market for advanced education in 
the Dayton Area.  And the opening of  Wright State as a 4 year undergraduate 
school in Dayton also changed the local  education market.   



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