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Following faculty reductions made to realign the faculty-to-student ratio, one of the many recommendations made was for departments to revise their curricula.

Curricular revisions alter course requirements for students

By Lorien Tyne, News Editor • April 27, 2023
Departments across Ithaca College have been undergoing major curricular revisions as part of the objectives in the Shape of the College.
Recapping the Ithaca Forever Strategic Plan and 116 faculty reductions

Recapping the Ithaca Forever Strategic Plan and 116 faculty reductions

By Lorien Tyne, News Editor • April 19, 2023
Since Fall 2019 when Ithaca College first introduced the Ithaca Forever Strategic Plan, there has been considerable frustration and confusion throughout the campus community.
La Jerne Cornish has been named the 10th president of Ithaca College.

La Jerne Cornish named 10th president of Ithaca College

By Elijah de Castro, News Editor • March 7, 2022
La Jerne Cornish, former Ithaca College interim president, has been named the 10th president of Ithaca College.
After Shirley M. Collado, former president of Ithaca College, departed her position, the college has established a new scholarship that will aim to give tuition assistance to first-generation students in her name. 

Ithaca College President Shirley M. Collado to step down

By Alexis Manore, Editor in Chief • July 8, 2021
Ithaca College President Shirley M. Collado is stepping down from her position and will leave the college Jan. 10, 2022.
Raza Rumi, director of the Park Center for Independent Media, has more than two decades of experience in media, international development and public administration.

Commentary: IC Reorganization Requires Transparency and Inclusiveness in Decision Making Processes

By Raza Rumi • April 8, 2021
The realignment of schools, departments and programs needs to be based on the imagination of those who teach, think, research and write — faculty.
Ithaca College President Shirley M. Collado answers questions at a press conference in September 2018. Collado and La Jerne Cornish, provost and senior vice president for academic affairs, approved the plan to cut 116 full-time equivalent faculty positions Feb. 24.

Q&A: Administration speaks about APP and faculty cuts

By Madison Fernandez, Editor in Chief • March 5, 2021
Collado and Cornish spoke about the campus community’s reactions to the changes and the APP process moving forward.
The Ithaca College Contingent Faculty Leadership Committee commends the community for its solidarity amid the faculty and program cuts. Pictured is a contingent faculty rally from January 2017.

Commentary: Radical Communion in the Face of Austerity

By James Miranda, John Burger, Mark Baustian, Rachel Fomalhaut, and Tom Schneller • March 1, 2021
We  should be looking to the brilliant, beautiful, steadfast students who are being told these cuts are being made in their names.
Editorial: Is 10 seconds of fame worth years of damage?

Editorial: Is 10 seconds of fame worth years of damage?

By The Ithacan • February 25, 2021
It’s been obvious that over the last four months, the administration has not been open to discourse with the campus community.
In 2007, Ithaca College named Michael Twomey a Charles A. Dana Professor of Humanities and Arts. Twomey retired from the Department of English in 2017.

Commentary: Community needs updates on administrative cuts

By Michael Twomey • February 23, 2021
The "Shape of the College" document tells the same old story about cutting the faculty without a word about cutting the administration.
The APPIC released the draft “Shape of the College” document Jan. 13, which recommended the elimination of 116 full-time equivalent (FTE) faculty positions and 26 major, department and program eliminations.

Final recommendations for faculty and program cuts released

By Alexis Manore, News Editor • February 19, 2021
The Academic Program Prioritization Implementation Committee (APPIC) released its final recommendations for the Academic Program Prioritization (APP) process.
Fae Dremock, assistant professor in the Department of Environmental Studies and Sciences, welcomes freshmen to the department at the Fall 2019 Ice Cream Social.

Environmental studies department opposes faculty cuts

By Syd Pierre • February 18, 2021
The Ithaca College Department of Environmental Studies and Sciences (ENVS) is voicing its opposition to the draft “Shape of the College” document.
Editorial: Administration casts aside college community's voices

Editorial: Administration casts aside college community’s voices

By The Ithacan • February 18, 2021
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.
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