<p>A private liberal arts school is waiving the full cost for those who enroll in the next three years.</p>
<p>[Yahoo</a>! Finance - Financially Fit](<a href=“http://financiallyfit.yahoo.com/finance/article-113840-11763-4-how-to-get-a-106000-college-education-for-free?ywaad=ad0035&nc]Yahoo”>http://financiallyfit.yahoo.com/finance/article-113840-11763-4-how-to-get-a-106000-college-education-for-free?ywaad=ad0035&nc)</p>
<p>BTW, it is not accredited at this point and probably won’t be until after the current class graduates.</p>
<p>Seems like there would be a certain population that this would really appeal to. A small student body, a chance to take part in reviving an old school with lots of history, the campus looks pretty… and of course the free tuition.</p>
<p>This college is offering free tuition. I don’t know anything about that college in Ohio, but this may be just the right place for some.
[Yahoo</a>! Finance - Financially Fit](<a href=“http://financiallyfit.yahoo.com/finance/article-113840-11763-4-how-to-get-a-106000-college-education-for-free?ywaad=ad0035&nc]Yahoo”>http://financiallyfit.yahoo.com/finance/article-113840-11763-4-how-to-get-a-106000-college-education-for-free?ywaad=ad0035&nc)</p>
<p>They are currently unaccredited and will be for at least a few more years.</p>
<p>We have a number on CCers who are graduates of Antioch who are laudatory about the education they received at the “Old Antioch.” For the right student this might be a great opportunity, but there are certainly risks involved as well.</p>
<p>Their website is down…due to surge from media coverage?</p>
<p>What is its relationship to Antioch university in the same town (that has 5 locations and online learning?).</p>
<p>Thinking out loud…what are the risks? If you can go for free (if you qualify for free R&B as well), it seems there isn’t much to lose. Worse can you leave and try somewhere else. </p>
<p>I’m not sure accreditation matters, do you? Especially as there is truly an “accreditation” for everyone (so many to choose from and so few know the difference between them). No one ever asked me if my degrees were accredited, and I look at transcripts a lot and never think about accreditation. But maybe I’m wrong.</p>
<p>The former superintendent of Pittsburgh city school district left Pittsburgh to become the president of Antioch. Although I did not personally like him (he was responsible for closing my son’s magnet), I think he will be very successful as a college president. in his years here, he made some very unpopular but necessary decisions to close schools, he initiated the Pittsburgh Promise and got quite a large sum of money committed to it, he had the media definitely on his side on most issues, and he got the school board to rubber stamp most of his programs. He is a politician, not an educator, so I think he is more suited to a college than a public school system.</p>
<p>I noticed the Yahoo article too but have had a hard time finding what looks like the “real” Antioch web site. Lots of other “Antiochs” floating around. I’d love to know what the deal is.</p>
<p>We have so many students who come to CC and ask about how they will afford college. Some are truly in a difficult situation and to me, this opportunity may be a godsend. </p>
<p>And it speaks volumes to me that the alumni cared to much about their college that they were instrumental in keeping it open. That speaks of very strong loyalty which says to me that this is not your ‘usual’ college.</p>
<p>^ MyLB, if you go to this link, the website is down but if you view the cache (put cursor to the right it will pop up in google), you can see the ‘free tuition’ on the front page.</p>
<p>antiochcollege.org/</p>
<p>Will be interesting to see how many apps they get with this promotion (especially as I think its SAT optional too). So what will its ‘selectivity’ end up looking like?..which we know means almost everything to some on CC :)</p>
<p>Accreditation matters. It could cost a student 4 years of their life and needing to redo college to be able to get many jobs or enter grad programs. Is it worth it? Do you trust a school to do the job if they can’t even keep their accreditation? Should your school district hire that person over someone they know has the credentials? We are generations removed from the self taught man.</p>
<p>If the choice is this school and no tuition or a really crappy community college or even no college (due to cost), then I’d choose this college in a heartbeat. Accreditation would not matter one bit in this scenario. The opportunity to continue learning would trump accreditation in my book. </p>
<p>No, it isn’t the ideal school for everyone, but it’s certainly perfect for some.</p>
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<p>Community colleges usually are regionally accredited.</p>
<p>The question about Antioch College is, is it seeking regional accreditation? It says [url=<a href=“http://antiochcollege.org/about/accreditation.html]here[/url”>http://antiochcollege.org/about/accreditation.html]here[/url</a>] that it is seeking accreditation, but does not say with which accrediting organization.</p>
<p>If you guys want to check out the site, don’t just type in the address…it says the site’s down. Instead, go to Google, and type “antioch college, ohio, majors” and click on the appropriate link…It works perfectly fine from there!</p>
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<p>Self education in many subjects is possible, but acceptance of such for employment and other purposes is uncommon in many lines of work.</p>
<p>Franklin Olin admitted its first students in 2003, but didn’t receive regional accreditation until December 2007, and didn’t receive ABET accreditation until 2008. The first accreditation grandfathered in previous graduates; I don’t know about the second.</p>
<p>I remember when they reopened last year they were recruiting at the CTCL fairs. They are seeking regional accredidation, hoping to get back to where they were before economics forced it to shut its doors. I remember thinking that the first few classes would have a very unique opportunity to rebuild a campus culture. </p>
<p>Here is the brief description from CTCL about the “new” Antioch.</p>
<p>[Antioch</a> College | Colleges That Change Lives](<a href=“http://www.ctcl.org/colleges/antioch]Antioch”>Antioch College – Colleges That Change Lives)</p>
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Antioch U grew out of the graduate program and was a totally separate spin off, not related to Antioch College.
My firm will not give credit for an unaccredited degree and it can’t be used in proposals for work.
I hope Antioch can work out a similar deal.</p>