Open Letter: English department supports union negotiations
We call on the administration to ensure that adjunct faculty per-credit pay for teaching is equitably based on that of full-time contingent faculty.
We call on the administration to ensure that adjunct faculty per-credit pay for teaching is equitably based on that of full-time contingent faculty.
The IC administration’s Walmart model of higher education does not sit well with many students, staff and faculty on this campus.
This was and is my concern. It took this administration roughly four days to come up with one statement.
We solidly affirm the need to foster peace, diplomacy and, above all, deep, mutual understanding and respect among diverse peoples.
In accordance with others at Ithaca College, Anthropology is committed to our students’ education.
We highly value the work of our part-time colleagues in the Art Department. It is clear that our students greatly value their expertise and teaching.
We need to ensure that such responsible management of resources includes fair and equitable compensation for all instructors.
Let us then continue to model more moral equitable arrangements for all of those who educate our students.
If we are to realize fully IC’s vision of a “student-centered learning community,” we must ensure that all instructors are compensated equitably.
We call on the administration to ensure that adjunct faculty per-credit pay for teaching is equitably based on that of full-time contingent faculty.
We are disheartened and frustrated at the adversarial tone, misleading allegations, and willingness to disrupt the learning environment for our students.
Our students deserve a stable body of faculty who are compensated fairly for our hard work and dedication.