CCG Founders Letters

I am a proud graduate of Antioch University and of Antioch College. I have earned a doctorate and master’s degree in Leadership and Change, as well as an undergraduate degree from Antioch College. I am also a former member of the Antioch University Board of Governors. My deep respect and love for Antioch University is rooted in its educational philosophy and excellence, based on the principles of one of America’s greatest educators, Horace Mann. My… Read More

A Statement from William M. PlaterAntioch University Board of Governors, 2015-2025 The Coalition for the Common Good (CCG) recently published an account of its formation and governance structure that is legally framed but incomplete. I served on the Antioch University Board of Governors when the Coalition was conceived, negotiated, and approved. In fact, at an early Antioch Board meeting, one of several where we were considering options in the national context of challenges facing smaller… Read More

Antioch has been part of my life and my family’s life for nearly sixty years. I am a graduate of Antioch College, as is my sister. I co-founded Antioch College/West, which included Antioch Los Angeles and Antioch Seattle (with my sister-in-law and brother’s help as well). Later, I had the privilege of serving for nine years on the Antioch University Board of Governors. For me, Antioch is not simply an institution with which I have… Read More

To the CCG Board of Directors: The Coalition for the Common Good grew from a vision developed by Antioch University leaders and Board members years before Otterbein was selected as its inaugural partner. As the AU Chancellor at the time, I was among those who helped shape that vision and design the Coalition. We sought to create something genuinely new: a partnership in which independent universities would come together as equals—strengthened by collaboration, but never… Read More

To the Antioch University Community: Each of us has had the privilege of serving as Chair of the Antioch University Board of Governors. We know from that experience both the responsibility that comes with governing Antioch and the importance of protecting the institution for those who will follow us. We are writing now because Antioch is facing an important moment in its history, and we want the University community to know that we support the… Read More