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Senior Eli Serota writes about his personal experiences with the colleges Integrative Core Curriculum and the band-aid solutions that continue the broken cycle.

Commentary: Solutions to ICC come at cost to students

By Eli Serota February 13, 2017
The ICC is disorganized, lacks accountability, and often causes headaches for participating students.
Jeane Copenhaver-Johnson, associate professor of education, Vince DeTuri, director of the ICC, and Matthew Sullivan, professor of physics, discussed graduation issues due to the ICC at the Faculty Councils Feb. 8 meeting.

ICC director addresses Faculty Council about graduation issues

By Sierra Guardiola, Staff Writer February 8, 2017
The head of the ICC brought the issue of students’ struggling to complete their ICC requirements to the Faculty Council on Feb. 7.
Vince DeTuri, director of the Integrative Core Curriculum, said the Park Schools proposal is on hold until the ICC program review during the 2018–19 academic year. The proposal calls for an expansion of the Liberal Arts and Society theme, which currently is only available to transfer students.

Students struggle to graduate due to the ICC

By Falyn Stempler, Staff Writer January 30, 2017
Some seniors are just barely able to achieve their graduation requirements because of complications arising with the Integrative Core Curriculum.
Tom Swensen, professor and chair of the Department of Exercise and Sport Sciences and Faculty Council chair, said the idea for closed sessions were originally proposed to the executive committee by Ithaca College President Shirley M. Collado

Faculty Council makes little progress optimizing ICC

By Rachel Kriedberg, Staff Writer December 7, 2016
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.
Jason Freitag, above, filled in for chairman Tom Swenson at the Faculty Councils Oct. 4 meeting where they discussed retention, the Integrative Core Curriculum and rolling grades.

Faculty Council discusses retention at Ithaca College

By Rachel Kreidberg, Contributing writer October 5, 2016
The Faculty Council discussed student-centered issues of retention rates, the release of final grades and the Integrative Core Curriculum.
Vince DeTuri, director of the Integrative Core Curriculum, has been in the position for a year. Hes spent his time trying to pass more policies to better the ICC and work with professors to create more ICC classes. However, student and faculty criticism still exist that the ICC has flaws that arent being addressed.

A year into ICC director position, DeTuri working toward change

By Anna Lamb and Grace Elletson May 8, 2016
A year into his tenure as the Integrative Core Curriculum director, Vincent DeTuri said he and the Committee on College-Wide Requirements are planning to make the ICC more manageable by changing some of its requirements after facing complaints among faculty and students that there are still many problems with the ICC.

Editorial: Resident Assistants have problems beyond money

April 6, 2016
There needs to be a better work-life balance — the kind that RAs are supposed to promote among their residents.

Installment Thirteen: Evolution

By Linda Vallancourt, Blogger April 1, 2016
We expect others to read our minds and moods and to give us what we want all the time.
Interim Registrar Danette Johnson replaced former registrar Brian Scholten March 16. Johnson said more students at Ithaca College are brining credit from high school and most of these students end up spending the full four years in college rather than graduating early.

Number of students bringing in credit to Ithaca College increases

By Rachel Langlitz, Contributing Writer March 28, 2016
The number of Ithaca College students entering college with transfer credits from high school is increasing. With these credits, some students have the ability to graduate early, but many still choose to utilize their four years.
Ithaca College’s Provost’s Task Force on Integrative Core Curriculum (ICC) Revision has finalized its proposed changes to the ICC. Students and faculty said they see a benefit to including student voices in the decision-making process moving forward. 

Point/Counterpoint: Debating the Integrative Core Curriculum

By Luke Keller and Michael Trotti March 23, 2016
Two professors from the School of Humanities and Sciences provide opposing opinions on the structure of the Integrative Core Curriculum.
Luke Keller, co-chair of the self-study and Dana professor of physics and astronomy, said Middle States representatives will be on campus Feb. 25–28 in 2018 to see if the college meets the criteria mentioned in the final report. The final accreditation decision will be made in June, he said.

Commentary: ICC incorporates intention into courses

By Luke Keller March 21, 2016
I like the ICC better than the previous system on three levels: as a teacher, as an academic advisor, and as a curriculum developer.
Michael Trotti, professor in the Department of History, says that statues should reflect shared public values, not values that divide the public.

Commentary: ICC limits student choice

By Michael Trotti March 21, 2016
On paper, it is an innovative program with interesting choices. In practice, it is less: a curriculum that is difficult to provide and that limits student authority over their courses.
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