The Ithacan

Ithaca College President Shirley M. Collado and La Jerne Cornish, provost and senior vice president of academic affairs, spoke at the college’s Faculty Council meeting Sept. 4.

Cornish began her tenure as the college’s new provost and senior vice president for academic affairs July 1, replacing interim provost Linda Petrosino.

Numerous shifts have occurred in lower-level leadership at Ithaca College since President Shirley M. Collado took office. While some occurred organically, others were a direct result of structural cha

Ithaca College has been reaccredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education.

La Jerne Cornish, new provost and senior vice president for academic affairs, oriented herself to the campus community during her campus visit May 1.

Around 86 percent of the students were in favor of eliminating the themes and almost 83 percent found the themes to be restrictive.

There are still nine vacant senate positions to fill.

The ICC is disorganized, lacks accountability, and often causes headaches for participating students.

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.

Ithaca College’s “IC 20/20” strategic plan will wrap up in Spring 2017, allowing the next president of the college to implement their own larger vision for the college.

The Faculty Council discussed student-centered issues of retention rates, the release of final grades and the Integrative Core Curriculum.

Ithaca College is taking the first major step toward reaccreditation by putting together the first drafts of a report that analyzes how the college is meeting certain standards.