Antioch College is a private, coeducational liberal arts college in Yellow Springs, Ohio. Founded in 1850 by the Christian Connection, the college began operating in 1852; politician and education reformer Horace Mann became its first president. It was the founding, constituent college of Antioch University, which Antioch College remained a part of until 2008. The College remained closed for three years before reopening in 2011, and fully separated from the university as an independent institution by 2014.