THE ITHACAN

Ithaca College attempting to make college more affordable

By Maura Aleardi, Staff Writer • September 16, 2015

Ithaca College is taking steps within the coming years to make the college become more affordable for students.

Ithaca College needs to create drone policy

September 17, 2014

Unmanned aerial vehicles, better known as drones, are being used as educational tools after years of military use. Although the Federal Aviation Administration does not regulate drones under 55 pounds...

I too, am Harvard…

By Jeremy Li • April 16, 2014

Diversity is something often talked about here at Ithaca College. Right now the College is going full-out on implementing series workshops and classes on "Microaggression," which is the aggregated hurtful...

Guest commentary: ‘Ready’ to tear through the fabric of injustice

By Tariq Meyers • January 29, 2014

The “Academy” is viewed as the locus for social mobility, where intellectual curiosity and creative expression meet. Our universities have produced scholars who have produced new knowledge that has...

Editorial: Education: still loading

By The Ithacan • October 22, 2013

Outside the context of higher education, Wi-Fi is a luxury that keeps society constantly “plugged in.” But on a college campus, Internet access is a necessary tool for professors to teach their students. For...

Editorial: Dollars and sense

By The Ithacan • August 31, 2013

President Barack Obama stopped at Binghamton University’s campus on Friday, as part of a two-day tour, to speak about college affordability. He praised the State University of New York campus for keeping...

Editorial: What’s next for higher ed?

By Shea O'Meara • May 1, 2013

The landmarks of the past academic year have centered on Ithaca College’s search for a future. This future is expected to blend the depth and academic rigor of classic in-the-classroom learning with...

Editorial: What’s next for higher ed?

By The Ithacan • May 1, 2013

The landmarks of the past academic year have centered on Ithaca College’s search for a future. This future is expected to blend the depth and academic rigor of classic in-the-classroom learning with the real-world applications of a more modern education. Internet-based academia is changing the structure of higher education. Massive open online courses give anyone…

Guest Commentary: Skill-based education cannot substitute for the classics

By Zachary Woelfel • February 20, 2013

As colleges look to cut costs and create programs that promise prospective students job skills that will help them get ahead in the field after graduation, curricula that focus on a traditional college education are falling to the wayside.

Faculty seek more input in policy changes

By Elma Gonzalez, News Editor • November 1, 2012

Faculty have scheduled a meeting with President Tom Rochon and Marist Kelly, provost and vice president for educational affairs, to address dissatisfaction with input in college decisions.

You, Me & Noms

By Lucy Walker • October 21, 2011

I recently spoke with an IC alumna who studied Culture and Communications here, but is now attending a grad program for food studies, an area similar to gastronomy. This field of graduate study has expanded in recent years, indicating either that my generation no longer wants to analyze poems or manipulate atoms to get a…