Antioch College

Antioch College
MottoBe ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity.
TypePrivate liberal arts college
Established1850; 174 years ago (1850) (historical),
2011 (reopening)[1]
Endowment$21.2 million
PresidentJane Fernandes
ProvostBrian Norman
Academic staff
23[2][3]
Administrative staff
56[2][3]
Students127[4]
Location
Yellow Springs
,
Ohio
,
United States
CampusRural
ColorsCrimson, white, black[5]
     
AffiliationsGreat Lakes Colleges Association
Global Liberal Arts Alliance
MascotAntioch Free Radicals (historical)[6]
Websitewww.antiochcollege.edu

Antioch College is a private liberal arts college in Yellow Springs, Ohio. Founded in 1850 by the Christian Connection, the college began operating in 1852 as a non-sectarian institution; politician and education reformer Horace Mann was its first president.

The college has been politically liberal and reformist since its inception. It was the fourth college in the country to admit African-American students on an equal basis with whites.[a] It has had a tumultuous financial and corporative history, closing repeatedly, for years at a time, until new funding was assembled.

Antioch College began opening new campuses in 1964, when it purchased the Putney School of Education in Vermont. Eventually it opened 38 different campuses, and in 1978 it changed its name to Antioch University. While most of the university's campuses focused on adult education, graduate programs, and degree completion, Antioch College remained a traditional undergraduate institution on the original campus. In 2008, the university closed the college, but it reopened under new management in 2011 after a group of alumni formed the Antioch College Continuation Corporation and bought from the university both the physical campus and the right to use the name "Antioch College."

Antioch has a cooperative education work program mandatory for all students. It is a member of the Great Lakes Colleges Association,[7] the Global Liberal Arts Alliance,[8] and the Strategic Ohio Council for Higher Education.[9] The college is affiliated with two Nobel Prize winners, José Ramos-Horta and Mario Capecchi.

Antioch Hall, North & South Halls
Rear of Antioch Hall[11]
Location1 Morgan Place, Antioch College campus, Yellow Springs, Ohio[12]
Coordinates39°48′00″N 83°53′17″W / 39.7999°N 83.8880°W / 39.7999; -83.8880
Area3 acres (1.2 ha)
Built1852
Built byAlpheus M. Merrifield
ArchitectBoyden & Ball
Architectural styleRomanesque Revival
NRHP reference No.75001411[10]
Added to NRHPJune 30, 1975
  1. ^ "2013 Antioch College Self-Study Report" (PDF). Antioch College. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 14, 2014. Retrieved March 29, 2014.
  2. ^ a b "Antioch College Executive Summary Fall 2015" (PDF). Antioch College. October 23, 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 15, 2016. Retrieved July 4, 2021.
  3. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Restructuring was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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  5. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 6, 2015. Retrieved November 19, 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ^ Wilgoren, Jodi (December 12, 1999). "What Was Won on the Playing Fields of Antioch". The New York Times. Archived from the original on September 15, 2017. Retrieved February 5, 2017.
  7. ^ "GLCA College Directory". Great Lakes Colleges Association. Archived from the original on October 20, 2015. Retrieved October 22, 2015.
  8. ^ "Global Liberal Arts Alliance members". Global Liberal Arts Alliance. Archived from the original on May 25, 2017. Retrieved October 22, 2015.
  9. ^ "Meet Our Members". Strategic Ohio Council for Higher Education (SOCHE). Archived from the original on May 18, 2022. Retrieved August 24, 2021.
  10. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  11. ^ "A new vision for Antioch Hall". Audry Hackett, Yellow Springs News, November 14, 2019. November 14, 2019. Archived from the original on September 25, 2020. Retrieved July 30, 2020.
  12. ^ "College Directory". Archived from the original on October 27, 2015. Retrieved October 29, 2015.


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