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The SGC held a webinar Jan. 19 with the Senior Leadership Team (SLT) to discuss faculty and program cuts with students. At the SGC meeting, students expressed disappointment with the webinar, including the formatting of the meeting and how questions from students were addressed.

Students express concerns with faculty cuts at SGC meeting

By Syd Pierre, Staff Writer • January 27, 2021
Students expressed concerns about the draft proposal for faculty and program cuts at the Student Governance Council (SGC) meeting Jan. 25. 
At the All Student and Family Gathering on March 25, La Jerne Cornish, provost and senior vice president for academic affairs, announced that the college is planning to be fully open for Fall 2021.

Administration answers questions about program and faculty cuts

By Caitlin Holtzman, Assistant News Editor • January 22, 2021
The SGC hosted the meeting in response to pushback from campus community members regarding the upcoming faculty and program cuts.
The Ithaca College Faculty Council (FCEC) held a working group meeting of the Faculty Council on March 10 to discuss holding a no confidence vote against the administration. Featured image is from a Faculty Council meeting from Sept. 4, 2018..

Faculty Council questions plan for faculty and program cuts

By Alyshia Korba, Assistant News Editor • January 22, 2021
Members of the Ithaca College Faculty Council expressed confusion and dissatisfaction with the recommendations for program and department cuts.
The Ithaca College Office of Student Affairs and Campus Life hosted a virtual All Student and Family Gathering to provide new and returning students with information for Fall 2022. 

IC releases draft proposal for faculty and program cuts

By Alexis Manore, News Editor • January 15, 2021
he Ithaca College Academic Program Prioritization Implementation Committee (APPIC) released a draft of the “Shape of the College” document.
In a Dec. 14 email to the college community, Ithaca College President Shirley M. Collado called the behavior unacceptable and referred to it as an act of vandalism. She said that it was disrespectful to do this on the same day as the December Graduation Celebration. 

Collado condemns display protesting faculty and staff cuts

By Alexis Manore, News Editor • December 14, 2020
President Shirley M. Collado condemned a display of signs and markings calling for financial transparency amid faculty, staff and program cuts.
The college is currently conducting a review, called the Academic Program Prioritization (APP), of all of its academic programs in which programs will be identified for discontinuation, consolidation, reorganization or growth. This could result in the elimination of entire departments and tenured faculty members losing their jobs. 

Open the Books discusses alternatives to faculty cuts

By Alexis Manore, News Editor • December 14, 2020
The Ithaca College Open the Books Coalition discussed how to stop the elimination of faculty positions in a Dec. 7 panel. 
Chris McNamara, clinical associate professor and clinical director in the Department of Physical Therapy and chair of the Faculty Council, speaks at a Faculty Council meeting Sept. 3, 2019.

Faculty Council discusses protections for faculty of color

By Alyshia Korba, Assistant News Editor • December 3, 2020
The Faculty Council discussed amending the Faculty Handbook to prevent faculty of color from being disproportionately affected by faculty cuts.
The Contingent Faculty Union urged the college’s administration to be creative in its attempts to save money amid the COVID-19 pandemic and to support contingent faculty members, who are most at risk of being laid off. 

Commentary: Full scale of faculty layoffs may be misrepresented by administration

By James Miranda, John Burger, Mark Baustian, Rachel Fomalhaut, and Tom Schneller • November 23, 2020
The only protection faculty at IC have against destructive top-down management decisions is to stand in solidarity with one another.
Editorial: Students are forced to take matters into their own hands, yet again

Editorial: Students are forced to take matters into their own hands, yet again

By The Ithacan • November 22, 2020
Students are saying that they want more communication and transparency regarding these faculty cuts. Students are also requesting basic information.
Patricia Rodriguez, associate professor and chair of the Department of Politics, speaks at the Open the Books rally Nov. 14 at the main entrance of Ithaca College.

IC community holds protest against upcoming faculty cuts

By Arleigh Rodgers, Life & Culture Editor • November 15, 2020
The crowd was protesting the administration’s decision to cut approximately 130 full-time equivalent faculty positions. 
Chris McNamara, clinical associate professor and clinical director in the Department of Physical Therapy and chair of the Faculty Council, speaks at a Faculty Council meeting Jan. 21.

Faculty Council to hold town hall discussing faculty cuts

By Alyshia Korba, Assistant News Editor • November 11, 2020
The Ithaca College Faculty Council is planning to hold a town hall to discuss alternatives to faculty cuts during its Nov. 10 meeting.
The Ithaca College Presidential Search Committee has announced that it has picked an executive search firm to use in the search for the 10th president of the college.

IC community asks administration for shared governance

By Alexis Manore and Madison Fernandez • November 6, 2020
A coalition of Ithaca College community members have written a letter criticizing the Academic Program Prioritization (APP) process.
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