The Ithacan

Accuracy • Independence • Integrity

Simply put, the college needs to allocate more resources to ensure that students are safe, happy and healthy while on campus.

Faculty Council elections passed unanimously with many positions remaining the same, such as Tom Swensen returning as chair of the council.

Faculty Council voted in favor of tabling the recently published updated shared governance draft until Shirley Collado begins her term as president.

Faculty Council Chairman Tom Swensen said he thinks the new draft is relatively similar to the previous one.

The Ithaca College Student Success Committee presented a plan to the Faculty Council on March 7 on how the college can better improve retention rates.

The head of the ICC brought the issue of students’ struggling to complete their ICC requirements to the Faculty Council on Feb. 7.

As of the second to last week of the fall semester, the committee has not announced any new findings, nor have any policy changes been proposed.

Many problems with representation and power still exist, leaving the power centralized with the president’s office.

The Faculty Council discussed student-centered issues of retention rates, the release of final grades and the Integrative Core Curriculum.

The Ithaca College Faculty Council passed two Academic Policy Committee (APC) proposals at its September meeting. One aims to ensure student anonymity in student evaluations, and the other attempts to quicken the approval process for APC policies.

Two new Ithaca College Dana professors were announced Aug. 30, after changes were made to the professorship program by the Faculty Council and subsequently approved by the Executive Committee of the Dana Foundation this past February.

Ithaca College’s senior leadership has seen a significant number of administrative departures, leaving the college with uncertainty about what will be accomplished throughout the remainder of his tenure.