Antioch University (Antioch) seeks a visionary innovator to serve as its next President leading the University as its chief executive officer. The President also serves simultaneously as Executive Vice President of the Coalition for the Common Good (CCG), of which Antioch is a founding member. As a leader serving both institutions, the President has the opportunity to help build one of the boldest experiments in higher education under the primary leadership of the CCG President. The Antioch Board of Governors provides operational oversight under conditional authority delegated by the CCG Board and its Antioch Standing Committee. The CCG President has ultimate responsibility to the CCG Board of Directors.
Antioch is structured around six national academic schools. Each school offers a range of programs for adult learners and delivers programs with a robust array of on-site, hybrid, and online degrees. Antioch’s 70,000 alumni are a worldwide network of talent, passion, and innovation.
Since its founding in 1852, Antioch has had a mission of educating students to “win victories for humanity,” and to “advance social, racial, economic, and environmental justice.” These have not just been words in a mission statement, but a philosophy of education that deeply permeates every program Antioch offers. Originally incorporated as Antioch College, our name was changed to Antioch University in 1978 to reflect that we had evolved into a graduate and undergraduate institution with numerous campuses across the nation. The original campus in Yellow Springs, Ohio, continued to be known as Antioch College. It was closed in 2008 and then sold to a group of alumni in 2009. It operates independently today under the historic name “Antioch College” which they license from Antioch University.
Today, the University’s five campuses are spread across the United States: Antioch Midwest in Yellow Springs, Ohio; Antioch New England in Keene, New Hampshire; Antioch Seattle in Washington; and Antioch Santa Barbara and Antioch Los Angeles in California. University central offices are located on the Midwest campus in Yellow Springs. Antioch’s national structure connects the University to a rich network of dynamic communities across the country. The University also operates an online division and a significant number of low-residency programs not associated with any one physical campus.
Antioch University, along with Otterbein University, is a founding member of the Coalition for the Common Good (CCG), an exciting, innovative, mission-driven, national system of higher education established in 2023, dedicated to educating for the common good, including democracy, social justice, equity, inclusion, and engaged global citizenship. This strong mission of educating, not just for careers, but for the common good, distinguishes it from other higher education systems that have preceded it. We think of it as a form of “justice league” for those students looking to make a difference in the world. In this era in which the value of higher education, and even the value of democracy, are under attack, our mission could not be more needed or more sought after.
Much of the CCG’s growth is expected to come from leveraging the programs each institution does well and growing them across the geographical footprint of the system. This turns the affiliation model into a growth engine. Already, with just two members, the CCG is implementing significant growth opportunities including the new Graduate School of Nursing and Health Professions at Antioch University.
As those programmatic growth initiatives are stood up, the two founding members are already engaged in the expansion of the Coalition with more affiliate members. Within the CCG, Antioch primarily serves adult learners, often overlooked by our higher education system, while Otterbein and potential other Coalition members will largely focus on traditional undergraduate education. By uniting the unique strengths and perspectives of multiple institutions, the CCG aspires to create a more inclusive educational landscape. With the leadership of a new Antioch University President, the CCG hopes to serve thousands of students across the United States with innovative, high-quality programs in multiple locations, using diverse methods of learning.
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Brettschneider Executive Search is pleased to partner with Antioch University and the Coalition for the Common Good in this national search.
Please submit all applications, confidential nominations and inquiries to AU@BrettSearch.com.
Applications should include, as separate documents, a CV or resume and a letter of interest addressing the themes in this profile.
Antioch University offers a competitive compensation and benefits package that includes both direct and indirect pay. The compensation will be based on experience, education, knowledge, credentials, and consideration of the difficulty and complexity of the position. The typical hiring range for this position is: $310,000 — $330,000. The President may live and work from anywhere in the continental U.S., with extensive travel to campuses expected, in addition to attendance at meetings and events furthering both Antioch University’s mission and the CCG’s mission nationwide.
The Coalition for the Common Good provides equal employment opportunity to all employees and applicants and prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic or class protected by federal, state or local laws in matters affecting employment or in providing access to programs. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruitment, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, benefits and training. The CCG complies with all state and federal laws that prohibit discrimination, including Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, Title IX, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Equal Pay Act and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act. Inquiries should be addressed to the Office of Human Resources or the Office of the General Counsel.
Antioch University is a private university with multiple campuses in the United States and online programs. It is the offshoot of Antioch College, which was founded in 1852. Antioch College's first president was politician, abolitionist, and education reformer Horace Mann.