Arbitrator rules against administration in contingent faculty case
The arbitrator found that Schneller’s actions did not warrant disciplinary warning. The college has been ordered to expunge the warning.
The arbitrator found that Schneller’s actions did not warrant disciplinary warning. The college has been ordered to expunge the warning.
The Ithaca College Contingent Faculty Union is raising concerns that the college is not abiding by its contract with the union.
It would be wonderful to see more awards go to contingent faculty this year, but that can only happen if you — yes, you! — nominate someone who’s touched your life.
Major unexpected events in our lives — both good and bad — can take a lot of time to work through.
Thinking in this way begs the question: Why even hire someone in the first place if they’re going to have to take an extended leave of absence?
The contingent faculty union and student supporters of the Students for Labor Action club have begun occupying the Peggy Ryan Williams Center.
Kurt Lichtman, lecturer in the Department of Health Promotion and Physical Education, dropped the suit he filed against the contingent faculty union.
IC Students for Labor Action and the Contingent Faculty Union will be holding a sit-in in the Peggy Ryan Williams Center starting May 2 at noon.
Like many private colleges, the students from wealth families are overrepresented at IC, while lower middle class and poor people are underrepresented.
A faculty member is suing the contingent faculty union for not disclosing that faculty do not have to become members of the union to be employed.
By firing these three professors, the administration has communicated once again that it does not have the best interests of students in mind.
The Ithaca College contingent faculty union announced that a majority of the contingent faculty who voted, voted in favor of ratifying the contract.