Inside Higher Ed: Antioch Professors my sue
Professors at Antioch College are considering a lawsuit against the board of Antioch University over its decision to shut down the college. A statement issued on behalf of the faculty, by Dimi Reber, an emerita professor who noted that she can speak freely without fear for her job, blasts the university’s board. While board leaders have said that they tried to save the college, and couldn’t continue it with enrollment of around 300, the faculty statement says that the board forced changes that prompted an enrollment decline. “The board risked the college’s well-being with the imposition of an ill-considered plan, failed to provide promised support, and then closed the college,” according to the faculty. The statement goes on to note that the university would gain the college’s endowment and land if the college is destroyed. “Can the board and university administration which conducted their review of the college’s recent situation in secrecy, in violation of our governance policies, without consulting faculty and staff who stand to lose their livelihoods and professions, be trusted with the college’s current assets, its legacy and its future?” the statement asks.
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