Commentary: More contingent faculty deserve recognition
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.
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.
A large percentage of the professors at this college have been excluded from consideration since they started teaching here, and it’s beyond time they get the recognition they deserve.
IC Students for Labor Action held a teach-in on Dec. 7 to discuss exploitation they have in the workforce.
The union has resolved its lawsuits with the administration — one ended in a withdrawal of the suit, the other ended with a settlement.
Members of IC Students for Labor Action delivered a petition April 27 to Ithaca College’s administration.
By firing these three professors, the administration has communicated once again that it does not have the best interests of students in mind.
Never knowing if we will be brought back from one year to another makes it hard to plan our lives and fully support our students and our families.
The Ithaca College contingent faculty union will vote to ratify its first contract April 6 and 7.
It’s clear that dragging out negotiations with the current administration beyond the grueling 17-month process would have accomplished little more.
The Ithaca College contingent faculty union is currently celebrating a victory: a first-time contract with the college.
In the basement of the Peggy Ryan Williams Center at 11:15 p.m., the contingent faculty unions were at first silent, some faculty in disbelief.
The Ithaca College bargaining committee has posted the most comprehensive wage and job security proposal for the contingent faculty unions to date.