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The college is currently conducting a review, called the Academic Program Prioritization (APP), of all of its academic programs in which programs will be identified for discontinuation, consolidation, reorganization or growth. This could result in the elimination of entire departments and tenured faculty members losing their jobs. 

Open the Books discusses alternatives to faculty cuts

By Alexis Manore, News Editor December 14, 2020
The Ithaca College Open the Books Coalition discussed how to stop the elimination of faculty positions in a Dec. 7 panel. 
Editorial: Students are forced to take matters into their own hands, yet again

Editorial: Students are forced to take matters into their own hands, yet again

By The Ithacan November 22, 2020
Students are saying that they want more communication and transparency regarding these faculty cuts. Students are also requesting basic information.
Senior Maria White, president of IC Food for Thought; senior Amelia Suter and Siena Lian Howenstein ’20, officers for IC Food for Thought; and junior Sam Edelstein, president of IC Challah for Hunger, spoke about their respective student organizations.

SGC discusses food insecurity and faculty cuts protest

By Syd Pierre, Staff Writer November 17, 2020
The SGC, IC Food for Thought and IC Challah for Hunger discussed food insecurity at the Nov. 16 meeting along with the #OpenTheBooks protest.
Patricia Rodriguez, associate professor and chair of the Department of Politics, speaks at the Open the Books rally Nov. 14 at the main entrance of Ithaca College.

IC community holds protest against upcoming faculty cuts

By Arleigh Rodgers, Life & Culture Editor November 15, 2020
The crowd was protesting the administration’s decision to cut approximately 130 full-time equivalent faculty positions. 
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