October 24, 2008

Former Students Praise Ithaca Professor

To the Editor:

We are both 2004 Ithaca College alumni and graduates of its sociology program. We are appalled at the college's treatment of Professor Margo Ramlal-Nankoe and its denial of tenure to her ("Professor Says Views on Israel Kept Her From Tenure at Ithaca," The Chronicle, October 3). Between us we took all of Professor Ramlal-Nankoe's courses — and virtually every sociology course the school offered from 2000 to 2004 — so we may be able to offer a unique