The Ithacan

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The Ithaca College Open the Books Coalition discussed how to stop the elimination of faculty positions in a Dec. 7 panel. 

The SGC, IC Food for Thought and IC Challah for Hunger discussed food insecurity at the Nov. 16 meeting along with the #OpenTheBooks protest.

The crowd was protesting the administration’s decision to cut approximately 130 full-time equivalent faculty positions. 

The Ithaca College Faculty Council is planning to hold a town hall to discuss alternatives to faculty cuts during its Nov. 10 meeting.

A coalition of Ithaca College community members have written a letter criticizing the Academic Program Prioritization (APP) process.

When asked to clarify members of the SLT’s current salaries, Dave Maley, director of public relations, denied the request.

The IC Senior Leadership Team will not delay the Academic Program Prioritization process despite the Faculty Council Executive Committee’s criticism.

Members of the Ithaca College community are concerned about a lack of collaboration regarding impending cuts to programs and faculty positions.

Members of the Ithaca College Faculty Council Executive Committee are requesting that the administration delay some of its impending faculty cuts.

Ithaca College President Shirley M. Collado said that the college fully intends to return to an in-person semester for the spring.

SGCdiscussed impending faculty cuts and passed one bill regarding funding for student organizations at its Oct. 12 meeting.

Approximately 130 IC faculty will lose their jobs due to low enrollment, said La Jerne Cornish, provost and senior vice president for academic affairs.