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Associate professor Don Beachler writes about the lack of focus on class and labor issues in higher education. He also discusses the underrepresentation of poor and working-class families at the college.

Commentary: Class issues absent from higher education

By Don Beachler • April 26, 2017
Like many private colleges, the students from wealth families are overrepresented at IC, while lower middle class and poor people are underrepresented.
From left, Michael Smith, associate professor in the Departments of History and Environmental Science, and Don Beachler, associate professor in the Department of Politics, write that the Ithaca College administration should agree to better wages and working conditions for the part time–faculty union.

Commentary: Administration must support fair wage for all faculty

By Don Beachler and Michael Smith • November 16, 2016
The administration’s business model includes relying on public tax dollars to subsidize their low wages and unfair contracts.

Letter to the Editor: On the administration’s union response

By Chip Gagnon, Don Beachler, and Michael Smith • April 29, 2015
Ithaca College’s part-time faculty are going to be voting on whether to unionize in a few weeks.
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