Tom Manley (college president)

Thomas Manley is an American academic administrator who last served as the president of Antioch College until December 1, 2020.[1][2]

Thomas Manley
President of Antioch College
In office
2015 – December, 2020
President of the Pacific Northwest College of Art
In office
July 2003 – 2015
Personal details
BornBaltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Spouse(s)Susanne Hashim
Alma materTowson University (BS)
Claremont Graduate University (MA, Ed.D)

Early life and education

Manley is a native of Baltimore, Maryland.[1] He received a Bachelor of Science in East Asian history and Education from Towson University, and a master's degree in Asian studies and Doctor of Education from Claremont Graduate University in Claremont, California.[1]

Career

From 1981 to 2003, Manley held a variety of administrative posts at Pitzer College and the Claremont Colleges. He was instrumental in developing Pitzer's study abroad program, including sites in China, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Italy, Japan, Nepal, Turkey, Venezuela, Wales, and South Africa.[1]

Manley served as President of the Pacific Northwest College of Art from July 2003 to late-2015.[1][3] Among his milestones at PNCA were a successful brick-and-mortar expansion and cultivation of the largest gift to an arts organization in Oregon's history.[1][4] Manley was instrumental in the acquisition and renovation of a new campus for the college.[5][6][7]

A specialist on Japan, Manley also served as a scholar-in-residence at a women's college outside of Osaka and later helped to write the curriculum for an American-style liberal arts college—the first of its kind to be accredited by the Japanese Ministry of Education.[1][8] He has also developed a number of cross-cultural and language learning innovations, including a portfolio journal system known as the “Fieldbook.”[1]

Manley was hired as the new President of Antioch College in 2015, succeeding Mark Roosevelt in March of 2016 as the second President of the reopened institution.[9][10][11][12]

In July 2018, Inside Higher Ed reported that “faculty members have grown increasingly unsettled about Antioch College’s future” after it required “a period of furloughs and pay cuts.” Antioch has “lost a reported $1.7 million for the year ending June 30, 2017, a year in which its expenses totaled $17.6 million.” [13] Spring of 2020 saw furloughs for as many as 27 staff members, hour reductions for others, and pay cuts for faculty and other higher-earning personnel.[14] On June 23, 2020, the college announced a spending cut of $2.5 million for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2020, down about 20% from the prior fiscal year’s budget.[15] Eight furloughed staff employees were laid off; and, faculty was reduced by six, through voluntary and negotiated departures and one retirement.[15] Antioch also arranged the sale of the Glen Helen Nature Preserve to the Glen Helen Association, since the college could not afford to continue support of that facility.[16][17]

In August of 2020, Antioch indicated President Manley would be leaving at the end of his 5-year contract, in June of 2021.[9] It was subsequently announced that Manley would be leaving early, effective December 1, 2020.[2]

Personal life

Manley is married to Susanne Hashim and they have a two children. Manley also has two step-children.[1]

References
  1. "Antioch College Names New President". Antioch College. November 18, 2015. Retrieved February 1, 2016.
  2. "Antioch College— Manley to leave in December". Audrey Hackett, Yellow Springs News, November 16, 2020. Retrieved November 30, 2020.
  3. "PNCA President leaving after 12 years for Antioch College". Portland Tribune. November 24, 2015. Retrieved February 1, 2016.
  4. "Historical Timeline". Pacific Northwest College of Art. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
  5. "PNCA Prepares To Move Into 511 Broadway". Oregon Public Broadcasting. January 29, 2015. Retrieved February 1, 2016.
  6. "PNCA President Tom Manley To Leave For Antioch College". Oregon Public Broadcasting. November 18, 2015. Retrieved February 1, 2016.
  7. "Profile: Tom Manley of Pacific Northwest College of Art". The Oregonian. December 12, 2009. Retrieved February 1, 2016.
  8. "Tom Manley - College President". About Face Magazine. September 14, 2015. Retrieved February 1, 2016.
  9. "Tom Manley to leave Antioch College in June of 2021". Audrey Hackett, Yellow Springs News, August 4, 2020.
  10. "PNCA president leaves for plum Midwest college job". Portland Business Journal. November 18, 2015. Retrieved February 1, 2016.
  11. "Antioch College names new president". Yellow Springs News. November 18, 2015. Retrieved February 1, 2016.
  12. "Antioch's next president sees big promise in college's challenges". Yellow Springs News. December 3, 2015. Retrieved February 1, 2016.
  13. Rick Seltzer, "Worries at Antioch College", ‘’Inside Higher Ed”, 7/6/2018
  14. "Furloughs, pay cuts at Antioch". Audrey Hackett, Yellow Springs News, April 20, 2020. Retrieved April 27, 2020.
  15. "Antioch College announces $2.5 million budget cut; staff, faculty let go". Audrey Hackett, Yellow Springs News, June 24, 2020. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
  16. "Permanent closure for Glen?". Audrey Hackett, Yellow Springs News, May 22, 2020. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
  17. "Antioch to sell Glen Helen to local nonprofit". Audrey Hackett, Yellow Springs News, June 10, 2020. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
Academic offices
Preceded by
Mark Roosevelt		 President of Antioch College
2016–present		 Succeeded by
Incumbent
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