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Antioch still making the NYT
The April 20th New York Times dissected Antioch College’s demise.
It’s a succinct, interesting history, but if you’ve followed the controversy, you won’t learn much that you didn’t already know. (It was a bit surprising to find out that the college cafeteria serves Brussels sprouts. Only at Antioch.)
This year’s graduation is Saturday, April 26, and that could be eventful. There’s also talk of a few faculty offering classes in their homes next fall.
Plenty of people are angry about the closing, but one thing that’s glossed over is that this temporary coma — or death, if that’s what it comes to — had a long onset. This author, a former Antioch student, says the diagnosis could have been made 35 years ago.
For all the university’s commitment to radical change, it moved awfully slowly when its own existence was at stake.
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