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Editorial: College must promote more collaboration among different schools

Editorial: College must promote more collaboration among different schools

By The Ithacan • November 15, 2023
The integrative studies major allows Ithaca College students to design their own program of study if there is not a major suited to their unique needs and is accepting new students for the first time in two years.
The integrative studies major is open for students again after the Integrated Studies Advisory Board decided to suspend the admission of students into the major in November 2021.

Integrative studies major open for admission again after two-year pause

By Ryan Johnson, Staff Writer • November 15, 2023
After a two-year pause, Ithaca College has opened applications for the integrative studies major, a program that allows students to design a major that is not offered at the college by selecting individual classes. 
Senior Cyepress Rite shares their frustrations with the neglect students face in the integrative studies program. They write about their experience as an integrative studies major and hopes that the program gets better resources.

Commentary: Integrative studies program lacks resources

By Cyepress Rite • February 10, 2022
The program does not have a budget nor a designated space on campus. It is overseen by one coordinator, rather than an interdisciplinary committee
Silo mentality in higher education plays a role at Ithaca College

Silo mentality in higher education plays a role at Ithaca College

By Sophia Adamucci, Contributing Writer • October 29, 2016
“Who suffers? The students and the faculty. Rather than silos being a catalyst for student success, they are actually an impediment," Capener said.
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