THE ITHACAN

Faculty Council criticizes lack of budget transparency

By Grace Elletson, Staff Writer • March 30, 2016

The Faculty Council is planning to distribute Ithaca College’s budget to all faculty with the attached criticism that it is “deeply lacking detail.” The council is also preparing to launch its diversity and inclusion database by the end of this week.

Approved Ithaca College 2016–17 budget raises tuition and aid

By Sophia Tulp, Assistant News Editor • February 18, 2016

The Ithaca College Board of Trustees has approved increases in the tuition, financial aid, salary pool and operating budget of the college during its February meeting.

Installment Five: Money Matters

By Linda Vallancourt, Blogger • November 7, 2015

For the first time, I was to become responsible for purchasing everything I needed and desired beyond tuition, room, and a meal plan.

Ithaca College attempting to make college more affordable

By Maura Aleardi, Staff Writer • September 16, 2015

Ithaca College is taking steps within the coming years to make the college become more affordable for students.

Ithaca College to cut staff positions for second year in a row

By Max Denning, Assistant News Editor • August 26, 2015

Approximately 40 staff positions at Ithaca College will be cut during the current fiscal year.

Faculty council adresses budget deficit, student protests

By Max Denning, Online News Editor • January 21, 2015

At the Jan. 20 Ithaca College Faculty Council meeting, members spoke about the upcoming budget deficit, a new plan to meet with the Board of Trustees twice a year and the potential for a new CAPS employee.

ITHACA TODAY: Monday, Oct. 21

October 21, 2013

Your daily dose of the Ithaca local news and events.

It’s time to stop the sequester

By Rachael Hartford • March 1, 2013

Without further congressional action, on March 1 the sequester will take effect and will impose drastic across-the-board federal spending cuts that are meant to be evenly divided over a nine-year period and bring in a projected $1.2 trillion. These austerity-like cuts will decrease tax revenue and increase spending on benefits programs, like unemployment, further causing…

Budget discussion must move forward

By Rachael Hartford • December 14, 2012

President Barack Obama’s election victory was met almost immediately by a panic over the economy pulling a Wile E. Coyote and running off then edge of the cliff, realizing there is nothing beneath it and then subsequently hurtling downwards into oblivion. The “fiscal cliff” is a term that has been used to describe a bundle…

Why young people should care about healthcare

By Kari Beal • November 1, 2012

The Affordable Care Act is a hot-button issue this election season. But for students, this new extension allowing them to stay on their parents insurance until the age of 26 isn’t the only health issue they should be concerned about.

State Assembly to allocate funds for fracking health study

By Kacey Deamer, Staff Writer • March 6, 2012

A comprehensive health study of hydraulic fracturing will be included in the New York State Assembly’s 2012-2013 budget, according to a press release from Assemblywoman Barbara Lifton. The Assembly has allocated $100,000 for the study in relation to high-volume hydraulic fracturing.

College reveals specifications of new budget

By Brian Rank, Staff Writer • March 1, 2012

Newly released details of Ithaca College's 2012-13 budget, which totals $225 million, reveal how much money is being allotted for the IC 20/20 plan, the college’s strategic vision for the next 10 years.