Open the Books: Before and After the Recommendations
The Open the Books coalition held two protests the week of the release of the Academic Program Prioritization recommendations.
The Open the Books coalition held two protests the week of the release of the Academic Program Prioritization recommendations.
The Ithacan · ‘Re:Mixing’ – “Open The Books” with Julia Machlin and Sara Stohl
Open the Books is a movement on campus that is fighting for transparency and shared governance regarding faculty cuts at Ithaca College.
The Open the Books coalition held a “Protest in the Snow” on Feb.
There is no denying that the college needs to make painful department and program cuts and layoffs, but the haste of the process is infuriating.
A real liberal arts mission would mean cherished programs are preserved and workers are considered indispensable.
Perhaps the most alarming aspect of the “Shape of the College” is that those who will be losing their jobs are only being treated as numbers.
Ithaca College alumni, faculty and students voiced their opposition to the implementation of the Academic Program Prioritization (APP) process during a town hall Feb. 3.
If students are Ithaca College’s “why,” then why are those same students being ignored and talked down to?
President Shirley M. Collado condemned a display of signs and markings calling for financial transparency amid faculty, staff and program cuts.
The Ithaca College Open the Books Coalition discussed how to stop the elimination of faculty positions in a Dec. 7 panel.
Students are saying that they want more communication and transparency regarding these faculty cuts. Students are also requesting basic information.
The SGC, IC Food for Thought and IC Challah for Hunger discussed food insecurity at the Nov. 16 meeting along with the #OpenTheBooks protest.