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The Ithaca College Board of Trustees announced that it is beginning the search for the tenth president of the college.

Hiring a president in total secrecy isn’t just unfair to the campus — it’s unfair to the president, who comes into office crippled by the community’s lack of ownership in the decision.

Shirley M. Collado officially began her role as Ithaca College’s ninth president July 1.

Shirley Collado, newly announced ninth president of Ithaca College, sat down with student media organizations during her visit to campus on Feb. 22.

Shirley M. Collado, executive vice chancellor and chief operating officer at Rutgers University–Newark, has been selected as the ninth president of Ithaca College.

The Presidential Search Committee will make an announcement about the search for Ithaca College’s next president at 9:30 a.m. Feb. 22 in the Emerson Suites.

As the hiring in higher education changes in terms of presidents and candidates, we must respect this shift.

The Ithaca College Presidential Search Committee has announced it will no longer be bringing final candidates to campus for public meetings.

While Ithaca College is still conducting an open presidential search to find its next president, colleges across the country are increasingly using closed searches to identify theirs.

News Editor Aidan Quigley spoke with Grape, chairman of the college’s board of trustees, about these issues and, primarily, the college’s approach to the search for a new president.

Like the African drum ensemble that greeted the Class of 2020 as they walked into the Ithaca College 2016 Convocation ceremony, the speakers who addressed them conveyed an upbeat attitude toward the upcoming year.

The Ithaca College Student Government Association has released an application for students to apply to be a part of the search committee responsible for finding semi-finalists for the college’s next president.