Overview of Antioch University-Midwest

Mission Statement

Antioch University McGregor is imbued with an entrepreneurial spirit and strives to provide high quality, socially responsive, flexible, and innovative educational programs.  Antioch University McGregor seeks to pass on to its graduates a legacy of passion for lifelong learning and a commitment to the application of knowledge toward the betterment of our workplaces, our communities, and the wider society.


Antioch University provides programs of study leading to the Bachelors, Masters and Doctors degrees, as well as other related special programs of study.  Founded in 1852 as a College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Antioch has evolved into a national multi-campus university serving over 5,000 students.  Governed by a national Board of Trustees, its campuses, which serve students both on and beyond the physical campuses, currently include Antioch College and Antioch University McGregor in Yellow Springs, Ohio; New England (Keene, NH); the Pacific Northwest (Seattle); and Southern California (Los Read more… Angeles and Santa Barbara).  System administration is located in Yellow Springs.

All programs of Antioch University aim to develop students and graduates who will grow in their commitment to contribute personally to improvement in the human condition through responsible leadership that fosters productive, democratic change in the institutions and communities in which they live and work.  These programs are guided by core educational values that include rigorous scholarship and academic discipline, engaged service, community involvement, and student-centered, well-rounded learning.  Committed to finding the most effective approaches to student learning through innovation and experimentation, Antioch encourages students to integrate work and study, to incorporate experience within academic study and reflection, and to address issues within a social or political context. (The mission statement is under review by a board appointed group during fiscal year 2005).

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