Press Archive
Goddard College Governance Issues
Below are links to press clippings (from 1938 to the present)
related to governance issues at Goddard College.
We present these, along with official college governance documents and
correspondence that took place between individuals regarding governance
issues, in an effort to be as comprehensive as possible in documenting the history of governance at
Goddard. Although we rarely endorse the views that the commercial press puts forward
on the issues and events on which they report, the documents they generate constitute a
'public record' of sorts. From it anyone with a serious historical interest in understanding what
has taken place in Goddard governance policies and practices since 1938 can gleen much information.
A number of these clippings are referenced in papers that appear on this web site, and
paraphrasing or quoting snippets from these articles would not provide the reader with the full
flavor of exactly what was publically said at the time and how it was said. So we opted to
present primary source materials here, and let the material speak for itself.
We also wanted to provide the reader with a good historical sense of precisely how the commercial
press contexted governance-related debates, activities, and decisions at Goddard. Although a few
reporters are to be credited with accuracy and understanding, many sought to minimize the
importance of the questions that were raised, and to expose the group that raised such
questions to ridicule - despite the fact that this group constituted an overwhelming
majority of the Goddard community at the time - the students, faculty, staff and board
members who took issue with the corporatization of the college and the increasingly authoritarian
policies of the college administration.
The links below are listed chronologically, and labeled according to -
Title of Article, Date, and Publication
The Early Years (1938-1969)
Under Royce Pitkin, Founder (1938-1969)
- Plan New College in Vermont Hills - 3/16/1938, New York Times
- New College Links Culture and Trade - 5/15/1938, New York Times
- Goddard College Adds Trustees - 7/21/1938, New York Times
- Goddard to Start New Plan - 8/7/1938, New York Times
- Adult Study for Goddard - 12/24/1938, New York Times
- Goddard at 25 - 4/8/1963, Newsweek
- Two Very Different Colleges - circa 1960s, National Review
- Goddard Opposes Restrictions - 11/4/1968, Times Argus
- Goddard Board Grants Seats to Students - 11/26/1968, Times Argus
- Goddard Students Demand Say in Pitkin's Successor -
3/10/1969, Burlington Free Press
- Goddard Students, Faculty Won't Strike Over President - 3/22/1969, Burlington Free Press
The Middle Years (1969-1994)
John Seeley, the President that Almost Was (1969)
- Dr. Seeley, Canadian, Offered Presidency of Goddard College - 6/16/1969, Burlington Free Press
- More Than 300 at Party Honoring Pitkin, Retiring Goddard President - 6/16/1969, Burlington Free Press
- Dr. Seeley Among 5 Asked to Leave Study Center - 6/17/1969, Burlington Free Press
Under Gerald S. Witherspoon, President (1969-74)
- Witherspoon, Former Tax Chief, Named Goddard President - 6/24/1969, Burlington Free Press
- Goddard College Launches Self-government Plan - 9/16/1969, Burlington Free Press
- Goddard's New Governing Council Plans to Review College Budget - 9/18/1969, Burlington Free Press
- Witherspoon May Resign Goddard Post - 4/10/1971, Burlington Free Press
- Witherspoon Not Quitting, Goddard Official Asserts - 7/21/1971, Burlington Free Press
- Witherspoon Wants to Keep Goddard Post - 7/24/1971, Burlington Free Press
- Goddard College Wins Court Suit - 7/24/1971, Burlington Free Press
- Goddard Trustess to Evaluate Witherspoon -
7/26/1971, Burlington Free Press
- Goddard Plagued by Administrative Confusion -
10/8/1972, Burlington Free Press
- Tuition Increase Debated at Goddard -
10/31/1972, Burlington Free Press
- Goddard March Protests Reorganization Proposal -
1/13/1973, Burlington Free Press
- Goddard Opposes Witherspoon's Reorganization Proposal -1/18/1973, Burlington Free Press
- 50 Students Protest Goddard's Financial Policies -
3/28/1973, Burlington Free Press
- Group Seeks Removal of Goddard Head -
5/17/1973, Burlington Free Press
- Group Students Ask Witherspoon to Quit -
5/19/1973, Burlington Free Press
- Goddard Faculty Votes today to Fire Witherspoon -
5/25/1973, Burlington Free Press
- Fire Witherspoon, Says Faculty -
5/26/1973, Burlington Free Press
- Goddard College Ills - 5/28/1973, Burlington Free Press, Op Ed Piece
- Goddard President Answers Critics - 6/1/1973, Burlington Free Press
- Trustees Express 'Faith' in Witherspoon, Goddard - 6/4/1973, Burlington Free Press
- Speculation Rises on Goddard President's Plans - 6/5/1974, Burlington Free Press
- Goddard Trustees Accept Witherspoon's Resignation - 6/24/1974, Burlington Free Press
- Jacqueline Snelling is Finalist for Goddard College Presidency - 5/7/1975, Burlington Free Press
Under Richard Graham, President (1975-76)
- Goddard Names Harvard Educator - 6/4/1975, Burlington Free Press
- Goddard Seeks the Roots of Good Education - 9/1/1976, Burlington Free Press
- Student Charts Own Course - 9/1/1976, Burlington Free Press
- Union Levels Charge at College - 9/10/1976, Burlington Free Press
- Goddard Head Plans to Quit - 10/8/1976, Associated Press
Under John Hall, President (1977-80)
- Financial Troubles Threaten Goddard - 2/22/1977, Burlington Free Press
- Goddard College President Named - 7/31/1977, Burlington Free Press
- Goddard Marches on, Despite Financial Woes - 12/11/1977, Burlington Free Press
- Morale Shaken by Changes at Goddard - 12/12/1977, Burlington Free Press
- Goddard College's Roots Deep in Vermont History - 9/4/1980, Burlington Free Press
- Goddard Head Quits Over Salary Donation - 10/27/1980, Burlington Free Press
Under Victor Leofflath-Ehly, Interim President (1980-81)
- Third Goddard Administrator Resigns - 10/28/1980, Burlington Free Press
- Norwich, Goddard May Join - 2/6/1981, Burlington Free Press
- Goddard Enrollment Declines - 2/7/1981, Burlington Free Press
- Goddard Flavor Spices Slice of Life in Vermont - 2/15/1981, Burlington Free Press
- Goddard Lays Off 13 Employees - 3/1/1981, Burlington Free Press
- Norwich Officials Boycott Meeting on Merger Plan - 3/13/1981, Burlington Free Press
- Goddard College Gets Reprieve From Trustees - 3/23/1981, Burlington Free Press, Burlington Free Press
- 'Streamlined' Goddard College Winds Time - 3/25/1981, Burlington Free Press
- Money is What's Needed, Not Hot Air, Goddard Faculty, Students Tell Trustees - 3/27/1981, Burlington Free Press
- Union to Stay at Goddard - 5/7/1981, Burlington Free Press
- Goddard Selling Four Programs To Remain Open - 5/12/1981, Burlington Free Press
- Goddard Gets Extension On Accreditation Ruling - 5/19/1981, Burlington Free Press
Under Jack Lindquist, President (1981-90)
- Academic Dean Takes Goddard College Reins - 5/28/81, Burlington Free Press
- Lindquist Named President of Goddard College - 9/30/81, Burlington Free Press
- Expansion Program Set at Goddard - 10/18/81, Burlington Free Press
- NLRB Investigates Goddard Charges - 11/18/81, Burlington Free Press
- Goddard Offers to House Juveniles - 11/19/81, Burlington Free Press
- Cash Crunch Hits Goddard - 4/8/82, Burlington Free Press
- Goddard College Pulls Through its Fiscal Crisis with Payroll - 4/9/82, Burlington Free Press
- Union to Ask for Probe of Goddard - 4/18/82, Burlington Free Press
- Goddard, Faculty Union Officials to Talk - 4/22/82, Burlington Free Press
- Goddard's Rebound - 10/14/82, Burlington Free Press
- Goddard Off Accreditation Probation List - 12/3/82, Burlington Free Press
- Goddard Changes Drastically, But Stays Viable - 12/12/82, Burlington Free Press
- Goddard
College Optimistic About Future - 5/9/83, Burlington Free Press
- Goddard Shows a Small Surplus
- 2/15/85, Rutland Daily Herald
- Goddard Finally Ends Year with Surplus
- 2/15/85, Burlington Free Press
- Goddard College Changes to Survive
- 2/24/85, Burlington Free Press
- College Gest Energy Study Grant
- 7/7/85, Burlington Free Press
- Goddard College Names Main Campus for Founder
- 9/2/85, Burlington Free Press
- Goddard Shows a Surplus
- 9/17/85, Rutland Herald
- Goddard Program to Aid Single Parents
- 4/28/86, Burlington Free Press
- Goddard College Founder, R.S. Pitkin, Succumbs at 85
- 5/6/86, Burlington Free Press
- Course at Goddard Straightens Road for Troubled Teens
- 7/27/86, Burlington Free Press
- Sale of Goddard Land Pays Off Federal Debt
- 5/14/88, Burlington Free Press
- Former Student Sues Goddard College
- 8/5/88, Burlington Free Press
- Activists Close Goddard
- 10/11/88, Burlington Free Press
- Students End Protest at Goddard College
- 10/12/88, Burlington Free Press
- Goddard Disciplines 2 Student Protesters
- 10/24/88, Burlington Free Press
- Black Woman Sues Goddard College
- 5/10/89, Burlington Free Press
- Goddard Program on Trial
- 5/12/89, Burlington Free Press
- Goddard Loses Lawsuit
- 5/13/89, Burlington Free Press
- Goddard Chief Threatens to Resign
- 5/23/89, Burlington Free Press
- Goddard President Lost a 'Vote of Confidence'
- 5/26/89, Rutland Daily Herald
- Goddard President to Resign
- 9/27/89, Burlington Free Press
Under Beth Warrell, Interim President (1990)
- Goddard Names Acting President; Outgoing Official to take Sabbatical
- 3/31/90, Burlington Free Press
- Goddard Nears End of Search for President
- 5/10/90, Burlington Free Press
- Goddard Can't Pay Employees
- 6/7/90, Burlington Free Press
- Goddard College Making Payroll
- 6/7/90, Rutland Daily Herald
- Goddard College Names President
- 6/9/90, Burlington Free Press
- Cost Cutting Irks Faculty at Goddard
- 6/14/90, Burlington Free Press
Under Jackson Kytle, President (1990-94)
- Goddard College on the Rebound After Fiscal Crisis
- 8/2/91, Rutland Herald
- College Presidents Face Tough Job
- 10/30/91, Burlington Free Press
- Goddard President to Step Down in 1994
- 5/11/93, Burlington Free Press
- Goddard Students Occupy Building For Endowment
- 12/2/93, Rutland Daily Herald
Recent Years (1994-Present)
Under Richard Greene, President (1994-96)
- Goddard College Selects President - 5/20/94, Burlington Free Press
- Goddard President Redefines School's Goal - 8/8/94, Burlington Free Press
- A Moment of Your Time... - February 1996, Nudepaper
- Campus Blotter: Showdown at Sarducci's - 3/18/96, The Nudepaper
- From the Board's Eye View Files, It's ... My Lunch with Lynn - 3/18/96, The Nudepaper
- The Financial Dance - Spring 1996, The Nudepaper
- Faculty to be Axed Because of Cash? - Spring 1996, The Nudepaper
- Interview With Jamie Klein - Spring 1996, The Nudepaper
- Admissions Fissions - Spring 1996, The Nudepaper
- Goddard Students Protest Possible Faculty Layoffs - 4/11/96, Times Argus
- Goddard Students and Faculty say they are Upset with President - 4/14/96, Sunday Rutland Herald
- Letters to the Editors - 4/15/1996, The Nudepaper
- This Blows for Real - 4/15/1996, The Nudepaper
- Goddard Cuts Under Protest - 4/15/1996, Burlington Free Press
- Sudden Resignation Set Off Goddard Protest - 4/16/1996, Times Argus
- Goddard Students on Hunger Strike - 4/18/96, Times Argus
- Goddard Faculty Want President Gone - 4/20/96, Times Argus
- Anarchy 101 - 4/23/96, Times Argus
- Goddard's Greene Says He has no Plans to Step Aside - 4/24/96, Times Argus
- President Thwarting Goddard's Mission - 4/24/96, Times Argus
- Goddard Group Gathers to Denounce Greene - 4/26/96, Times Argus
- Newspaper Owes Goddard an Apology - 4/26/96, Times Argus
- Editorial Expressed a Boring Cliche - 4/26/96, Times Argus
- The "Rally for Democracy" - 4/29/96, The NudePaper
- Goddard Editorial Fraught with Errors - 4/29/96, Times Argus
- Goddard Community Strives for Fairness - 4/29/96, Times Argus
- 'Vicious' Attack on Goddard Faculty was Unfounded - 4/30/96, Times Argus
- Goddard Community No Anarchistic Mob - 4/30/96, Times Argus
- Leave Cartooning to the Professionals - 4/30/96, Times Argus
- Goddard Needs to Grow Up and Get Rid of its Presidency - 4/30/96, Times Argus
- Issue of Anarchy a Smoke Screen - 5/1/96, Times Argus
- Crash Course - Is Goddard Talking About a Revolution, or More of the Same? - 5/1/96, Seven Days
- 'In' Box - 5/3/96, The Chronicle of Higher Education
- Goddard Sings the Blues: Financial Woes Have Students, Faculty and Staff up in Arms
- Graduation 1996, Vermont Collegian
- Goddard Trustees Expected to Endorse Greene - 5/3/96, Times Argus
- Goddard Trustees Come Out in Support of Greene - 5/6/96, Times Argus
- Frustrations Tear at Goddard's Soul - Growing Pains, Anger at Leader Haunt College - 5/8/96, Burlington Free Press
- Goddard Students 'a Life to be Lived' - 5/8/96, Burlington Free Press
- Campus Mood is Oppressive - 5/9/96, Times Argus
- Fundamental Change Essential for College's Future - 5/9/96, Times Argus
- An Open Letter to Jane Sanders and the Executive Committee - 5/13/96, The Nudepaper
- BoardWatch: The Statement - 5/13/96, The Nudepaper
- Follow the Bouncing Ball... How One Employee left Goddard - 5/13/96, The NudePaper
- The Letter - 5/13/96, The NudePaper
- Goddard College Employee Union Drive - 5/13/96, The NudePaper
- The Resignation of Jamie Kline - 5/13/96, NudePaper
- Goddard Trustee Disputes Greene Vote - 5/14/96, Times Argus
- Sanders Denies 'Shut Out' by Student Trustee - 5/15/96, Times Argus
- Goddard College Graduation Ends with Orderly Protest: 35 Students, Others Show Dissatisfaction with Greene - 5/19/96, Times Argus
- Restore Democracy at Goddard - One student asks 'what happened to principles?' - 5/29/96, SevenDays
- Goddard Fires 16 Employees - 6/6/96, Times Argus
- A Stuggle for 'Autonomy' at Goddard College - 6/7/96, The Chronicle of Higher Education
- Fired Goddard Workers Turn Wrath on Board - 6/7/96, Times Argus
- Goddard Removes 16 Workers - Professors see political motives - 6/7/96, Times Argus
- Greene Say's Critics Were not Target of Job Cuts - 6/12/96, Times Argus
- Fired Goddard Workers Assail Greene - 6/13/96, Times Argus
- Goddard College Teachers, Students Protest 16 Firings - 6/13/96, Burlington Free Press
- Goddard Board Won't Reverse College Layoffs - 6/16/96, The Sunday Rutland Herald & Times Argus
- Goddard Staff to Form Union - Trustees decide not to rehire 16 - 6/16/96, Burlington Free Press
- Survival Fight At Goddard: President Greene Is Under Fire For His Style As He Tries To Keep School Afloat - 7/7/96, Times Argus
- Cultures Clash as Non-Traditional College Gets a Tough-as-Nails President - Termination of 16 employees sets off a fierce debate at Goddard - 8/2/96, The Chronicle of Higher Education
- Goddard President To Resign - 8/10/96, Times Argus
- Greene Makes Resignation Formal - 8/16/96, Times Argus
Between Presidents: Under Jane Sanders, Provost (1996-97)
- Jane Sanders Takes Helm at Goddard - 8/17/96, Burlington Free Press
- Goddard College Regroups, Looks Forward: Some Fired Staff Could Be Rehired - 8/18/96, Sunday Rutland Herald and Sunday Times Argus
- Goddard Agrees To Recognize Union - 7/21/96, Times Argus
- Can Goddard Learn? - 8/20/96, Times Argus
- Goddard College May Rehire Fired Staff Members
- 8/22/96, Burlington Free Press
- Editorial Betrays Ignorance Of Goddard - 8/24/96, Times Argus
- A Progressive Mission - 8/24/96, Seven Days
- Just Jane: Activist Roots Pull Sanders Home to Goddard College - 8/31/96, Burlington Free Press
- Goddard College Presidential Search:
Goddard Looks For a New Kind of Leadership - 3/3/97, The Nation
- Goddard Narrows Search for President: Jane Sanders among candidates - 4/21/97, Burlington Free Press
Under Barbara Mossberg, President (1997-2001)
- Goddard Trustees Have Settled On a Candidate
- 6/16/97, Times Argus
- Goddard Names President: California Administrator To Take Post - 6/17/97, Burlington Free Press
- Goddard Picks New President - 7/19/97, Times Argus
- Goddard Put's Heads Together on Future -
12/7/97
- Goddard College Assesses Goals for Future
- 12/7/97, Burlington Free Press
- Why I Wouldn't Leave Home Without Chaos Theory - Oct/Nov 1998, The Inner Edge
- Goddard College Faculty Vote for Union
- 11/19/98, Burlington Free Press
- College Faculty Want President To Resign - 11/13/99, Burlington Free Press
- Goddard President Given Five-Year Pact - 1/25/00, Rutland Daily Herald
- Goddard President Resigns - 2/27/01, Rutland Herald
- Goddard President Looks Back With Satisfaction - 3/1/01, Times Argus
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