Documentary screening shows issues seen within higher education
An in-person screening of the documentary “The Unmaking of a College” was held March 27 at Cinemapolis. The documentary explores the 2019 crisis at Hampshire College.
An in-person screening of the documentary “The Unmaking of a College” was held March 27 at Cinemapolis. The documentary explores the 2019 crisis at Hampshire College.
A new petition asks Luvelle Brown, superintendent of the Ithaca City School District and member of the Ithaca College Board of Trustees, to step down.
Some members of the Ithaca College community have expressed disappointment in President Shirley M. Collado’s last year as president following the announcement that she is leaving the college.
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.