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Junior faculty face obstacles to have job security and tenure

Junior faculty face obstacles to have job security and tenure

By Lorien Tyne and Maddy Vogel • April 5, 2023
Tenure-track faculty commonly feel higher levels of stress, which is exacerbated by pre-existing, workplace power dynamics and life factors. 
From left, David Lissy '87, chair of the Ithaca College Board of Trustees; La Jerne Terry Cornish, Ithaca College President; and Jim Nolan ’77, vice chair of the board of trustees congratulate Cornish being appointed president.

IC welcomes La Jerne Cornish as the college’s 10th president

By Alexis Manore, Editor in Chief • March 8, 2022
At a March 6 reception, La Jerne Cornish was congratulated as Ithaca College's 10th president after a long search process.
Dan Breen, associate professor in the Department of English and president of the college’s AAUP chapter, said using a search firm can potentially be expensive and may not necessarily produce a better candidate. Using executive search firms to search for president or provost positions can cost public universities up to $100,000 and potentially more.  

IC AAUP chapter stresses transparency for presidential search

By Caitlin Holtzman, News Editor • October 20, 2021
The Ithaca College chapter of the American Association of University Professors expresses the need for transparency in the current presidential search.
Dan Breen, associate professor in the Department of English and president of the college’s AAUP chapter, said the AAUP has a few topics it is focusing on this semester.

IC AAUP chapter encourages transparency for presidential search

By Caitlin Holtzman, News Editor • September 22, 2021
The Ithaca College chapter of the American Association of University Professors is calling for transparency during the search for the tenth president of the college.
The Ithaca College Presidential Search Committee has announced that it has picked an executive search firm to use in the search for the 10th president of the college.

IC AAUP circulates petition to reject faculty and program cuts

By Alexis Manore, News Editor • February 18, 2021
The petition asks for increased shared governance, an extended timeline and increased financial transparency throughout the Academic Program Prioritization (APP) process.
Professors at Ithaca College are paid less than their counterparts at similar four-year private colleges in New York state, according to data from The Chronicle of Higher Education.

Ithaca College faculty are paid less than at other institutions

By Madeline Lester, Staff Writer • April 28, 2016
Professors at Ithaca College are paid less than their counterparts at similar four-year private colleges in New York state. Despite this data, some faculty and administrators believe it is not fair to compare these other institutions in New York state to the college.
Ithaca College full-time contingent faculty members and supporters pose in front of the Peggy Ryan Williams Center April 7 following a meeting with administration.

Contingent faculty unionizing together follows a national trend

By Evan Popp, Staff Writer • April 26, 2016
Concerns about working conditions for contingent faculty members have led to an increase in unionization recently, with part- and full-time contingent faculty sometimes joining together in bargaining units.

Ithaca College faculty salaries remain with average

By Joe Byeon, Staff Writer • April 15, 2015
The American Association of University Professors released a comprehensive report April 13 on faculty salaries at higher education institutions, showing the first single-digit increase since the Great Recession while arguing that they are still underpaid.
Peter Rothbart, chairman of the Faculty Council, and Steven Skopik, chair of the faculty council handbook committee, discuss tenure policies.

Faculty Council discusses tenure updates

By Sabrina Knight, News Editor • January 22, 2014
The Faculty Council discussed updates for the Faculty Handbook concerning faculty tenure at its meeting Jan. 21.

Revamped tenure system goes beyond the classroom

By Kevin McCall • October 22, 2011
During the economically challenging times that institutions of higher education face, tenure is a situational aspect of employment that no longer gives faculty a free ride throughout their careers. The development of post-tenure reviews to assess performance in the classroom and relation to students has taken place during the past decade. The American Association of…
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