[5][6] In February 2016, Antioch University sold AEA to Carleton College which took over operation of the study abroad programs in Cameroon, Europe, and India.
The Graduate School of Education evolved over the years with different names and locations (it moved to Harrisville, Vermont and then Keene, New Hampshire) and became what is now known as Antioch University New England.
[9] The Antioch School of Law was a notable campus founded in 1972 and operated until 1988 when it was absorbed into the University of the District of Columbia.
While Antioch College and the branches shared common core educational principles, significant cultural and structural differences resulted in a lack of cohesion.
Cashflow issues and outright financial failures put stress on the College's budget leading to the closure of most of the branches beginning in 1975 and continuing through the late 1980s.
[10] Even as the system of branch centers and campuses were being closed, President William Birenbaum also oversaw the formal name change of the corporation to Antioch University in 1978.
The College was the center of the University system, but tensions between the different models of education and governance were the source of many rifts.
[8] Previously the president of Antioch College was the chief officer with provosts of the university campuses reporting directly.