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Cutting programs like Deaf studies affects the entire campus community

Cutting programs like Deaf studies affects the entire campus community

By The Ithacan • April 18, 2025
Programs like Deaf studies don't just teach language — they teach empathy, advocacy and accessibility. So why are they the first to go? Ithaca College’s recent decision to pause its Deaf studies minor has sparked concern among students, faculty and advocates for inclusive education.
Ithaca College administrators are pursuing multiple paths to increase revenue, including increasing enrollment.

Ithaca College works to decrease budget deficit through revenue enhancement

By Kai Lincke, Community Outreach Manager • April 16, 2025
Ithaca College has been working with Huron Consulting Group since October 2024 to identify strategies to close the budget deficit through a balance of cutting costs and increasing revenue. Administrators are pursuing multiple paths to increase revenue, including increasing enrollment, net tuition revenue, retention and philanthropic gifts. 
Dominick Recckio, current student body president, as well as the student body presidents and one student trustee from the last nine years, signed a letter explaining their disappointment in President Tom Rochon and his administration.

Open Letter: Current and former SGA representatives express lack of confidence in Rochon

By Current and Former Student Body Presidents • November 17, 2015
Rochon’s disinterest in improving the student experience has all but ensured the current climate on South Hill.
Sixth-year physical therapy students practice on each other during the Prosthetics and Orthotics lab class on April 25 at the Rochester Center.

Rochester Center sees last physical therapy students

By Kayla Dwyer, Assistant News Editor • April 30, 2014
The Ithaca College physical therapy graduate program will see its last cohort of students conclude their collegiate careers at the Rochester Center.
Tuition freeze trend will not affect Ithaca College

Tuition freeze trend will not affect Ithaca College

By Sabrina Knight, News Editor • December 4, 2013
This academic year, 52 institutions of higher education in the U.S. froze or cut their tuitions.

College suspends employee parking fee plan

By Noreyana Fernando, News Editor • November 20, 2013
Ithaca College has announced that a plan to charge parking fees for staff and faculty has been suspended temporarily.
Shot at health: marketplace gives young adults insurance options

Shot at health: marketplace gives young adults insurance options

By Emily Masters and Noreyana Fernando, Staff Writer and News Editor • October 30, 2013
The recently implemented portion of the Affordable Care Act gives young adults another way to buy insurance, marking a milestone for what experts say is a population that has traditionally had the highest rate of uninsured people in the U.S.
College plans to stem cost increase rate

College plans to stem cost increase rate

By Noreyana Fernando, News Editor • August 30, 2013
Ithaca College President Tom Rochon has announced his plan aimed at keeping the annual cost increase for students at less than three-percent.
President Tom Rochon sits down with sixth-year physical therapy students Aaron Atwater and Marissa Speno on Wednesday to discuss the Huron recommendation to consolidate Rochester Center operations. Many physical therapy students are opposed to the recommendation.

College announces plan to move Rochester PT program to South Hill

By Sabrina Knight, News Editor • June 19, 2013
Ithaca College announced Wednesday that the Rochester, N.Y., component of its Physical Therapy program will be moved to the college’s South Hill campus in Fall 2014.
President Tom Rochon sits down with sixth-year physical therapy students Aaron Atwater and Marissa Speno on Wednesday to discuss the Huron recommendation to consolidate Rochester Center operations. Many physical therapy students are opposed to the recommendation.

College announces plan to move Rochester PT program to South Hill

By Sabrina Knight, News Editor • June 19, 2013
Ithaca College announced Wednesday that the Rochester, N.Y., component of its Physical Therapy program will be moved to the college’s South Hill campus in Fall 2014.

Guest Commentary: The student voice is stifled by administration

By Rob Flaherty • May 1, 2013

There’s a lot of talk these days about the “value” of an Ithaca College education. After four years here, I can say that what makes an Ithaca College education valuable is not integrated core curricula...

Guest Commentary: The student voice is stifled by administration

By Rob Flaherty • May 1, 2013
For a college that claims to produce students that are “civically engaged,” it’s doing a pretty terrible job of letting us be engaged in campus civics. Perhaps the college would do well to have some faith in its product.
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