Editorial: Focus on job training undervalues humanities
Most courses in vocational studies, such as business or law, do not do enough to foster critical-thinking skills.
Most courses in vocational studies, such as business or law, do not do enough to foster critical-thinking skills.
We write to express our support for the efforts of the contingent faculty at Ithaca College — many of whom are housed in the School of Humanities and Sciences — to hold a vote upon whether or not to join the part-time faculty in unionizing.
The third of four finalists for the position of dean of the School of Humanities and Sciences came to Ithaca College on Dec. 8 to do interviews and meet with administrators, faculty, staff and students. Heather Lobban-Viravong, associate dean and associate professor of English at Grinnell College, interviewed to replace Leslie Lewis.
As our rationale for an all-college vote of no confidence, we focus upon two explicit failures of the President’s administration.
We believe that the serious attention you have brought to the problems of racism and marginalization at IC is both welcome and long overdue.
The Ithacan Online’s top news and events for Tuesday, September 17
Ithaca College acquires a single-crysyal X-ray diffractor, making the college’s chemistry program one of the few in the country that uses the machine for undergraduate-level research.
An environmental studies and science class, Natural Resources and Ecology: Farming the Forest, has students producing and selling mushrooms, maple syrup, and honey.