November 16, 2007

Deal to Save Antioch College Hits Snags as Alumni Donors Question Its Terms

By GOLDIE BLUMENSTYK

Trustees and alumni of Antioch College have reached a deal to keep the college from closing in June, but the agreement depends on support from donors, many of whom are unhappy with the terms.

The donors say the agreement does not give the 155-year-old liberal-arts college in Yellow Springs, Ohio, adequate independence within the overall structure of Antioch University, of which it is part. Such independence was a condition of their pledges to revive the struggling college, they

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