Antioch University

Antioch University is a private university with multiple campuses in the United States and online programs. It is the continuation of Antioch College, which was founded in 1852. Antioch College's first president was politician, abolitionist, and education reformer Horace Mann. In 1977, the college network was re-incorporated as Antioch University to reflect its growth across the country into numerous graduate education programs. It operates five campuses located in four states, as well as an online division and the Graduate School of Leadership and Change. All campuses of the university are regionally accredited by the Higher Learning Commission.

The university's five campuses are located in Yellow Springs, Ohio; Los Angeles and Santa Barbara, California; Keene, New Hampshire; and Seattle, Washington. Antioch University suspended operations of Antioch College in 2008 and later sold the campus and a license to use the name "Antioch College" in 2009. Since then, the college has had no affiliation with the university.

Antioch University Midwest was also located in Yellow Springs, and remains part of the university, but it closed in 2020. However, university administration, Antioch University Online, and Antioch University’s Graduate School of Leadership & Change remained headquartered at the Yellow Springs location.

Antioch College was incorporated in Ohio in 1852 and accredited by the Higher Learning Commission in 1927. In 1977, Antioch College changed its name to "Antioch University", having extended its operations beyond the college and beyond Ohio, mostly in graduate level programs.

In the early 1850s, Rebecca Pennell offered a course on teaching methods which was the first of its kind, and John Burns Weston, class of 1857, established a long-standing precedent by being both student and faculty simultaneously. He taught Greek language and literature for 20 years and remained a lifelong student.

Antioch College president Arthur Morgan launched Antioch's unique program of work and study, including student government and changing the nature of the admissions procedure, which he moved away from exams and towards more personal information on prospective students. Senior exams were graded "honors" or "pass", and students who failed could retake the exam. Morgan remained at Antioch College until 1933, when he became director of the Tennessee Valley Authority.

Antioch College's first president was Horace Mann, regarded by most historians as the father of public education in the United States.

Antioch College began a period of rapid expansion in 1964 with the acquisition of the Putney School of Education in Vermont. The campus evolved and moved several times; now it is called Antioch University New England and is located in Keene, New Hampshire.