Tuesday, June 30, 2009
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — An alumni group from Antioch College has a conditional agreement that will allow them to operate the financially strapped school and reopen in two years.
The alumni group agreed to pay parent Antioch University $6 million for the campus and the college’s endowment.
The school is closed because of financial problems caused by declining enrollment, a heavy dependence on tuition and a small endowment.
The college in Yellow Springs, Ohio, near here, is the flagship of Antioch University, which also has campuses in Seattle, Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, Calif., and Keene, N.H.
The agreement, announced today, is contingent on approval from the Ohio attorney general’s office and university bond holders.
Famous alumni included “Twilight Zone” creator Rod Serling and Coretta Scott King.