The College Faculty

From: theantiochpapers.org/document/116/adcil-in-exile-townsend-et-al-v-antioch-university

On May 12, 2009, the Court of Appeals of Ohio, Second Appellate District, heard an appeal on behalf of the members of the former faculty of Antioch College regarding reinstatement of their recently dismissed lawsuit against Antioch University.

In 2007 members of the former faculty of Antioch College filed a lawsuit alleging that Antioch University violated the Antioch “College Faculty Personnel Policies”. According to this contractual document, the University is mandated to seek “less drastic means” to closure through “consultation” with the College’s Administrative Council, AdCil. Specifically, the University is required to work with AdCil to development “a plan and timetable for abating financial emergency” or closure. The faculty lawsuit alleges that Antioch University officers refused to meet with AdCil to develop this plan or explore less drastic means.

A ruling on the appeal is expected sometime within the next 12 weeks.

For background information see The College Faculty website

Antioch College Faculty member Jean Gregorek, was invited to speak by the graduating class of 2008. Jean gave this wonderful speech gave this speech at the Commencement ceremonies on April 26, 2008 in Kelly Hall in the Main Building (Antioch Hall) of Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Ohio

Special thanks for Steve Bognar for providing this video for distribution to the Antioch community.

The text of this speech is included below:

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News Release

The latest breaking news on the struggle to save Antioch College

The American Association of University Professors, the largest and most prominent advocacy organization for higher education faculty in the United States, acting on behalf of the faculty of Antioch College, has submitted a statement of concern to Tullisse A. Murdock, Acting University Chancellor, Art Zucker, Chair of the Antioch University Board of Trustees, and Antioch College President, Steven Lawry.

The Antioch University Board of Trustees voted in June to suspend operations at the historic liberal arts college in Yellow Springs as of July 1, 2008. The AAUP raises serious questions as to whether long-established and widely-practiced principles of academic government, laid out by the AAUP Statement on Government of Colleges and Universities, were adhered to by the administrators and the Board in the process of deciding to close the college.

The AAUP, “deeply disappointed” at the Board’s lack of consultation about the alleged budget crisis, calls the Board’s plan for suspension “highly unusual.”

Please see the full text of the letter below.

For further information:

Anne Bohlen, Professor of Communications
atbohlen@gmail.com

Susan Eklund-Leen, Associate Professor of Cooperative Education
susaneklund@gmail.com

American Association of University Professors
aaup@aaup.org 202-737-5900

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