Rostrum

Welcome to the Senate Rostrum! Below is the collection of articles, starting with the most recent.

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Rostrum article deadlines

March 3, 2024.
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July 2020

Latest Rostrum Articles

Date Title Sort descending Committee Authors
May 2006 A Snapshot of Noncredit in the California Community Colleges Educational Policies Committee
Jan 2010 Academic Dishonesty and the Faculty’s Right to Assign a Grade: A Test of the Academic Senate’s Authority Educational Policies Committee
Apr 2017 Advanced Placement Examination Credit Policy for General Education Educational Policies Committee
Apr 2001 Alternative Calendars: An Update Educational Policies Committee
Feb 2015 Automatic Awarding of Degrees and Certificates – Considerations for Local Senates Educational Policies Committee
Jun 2013 Beyond the Classroom: Fostering Local and Statewide Engagement in Our Faculty Educational Policies Committee
Dec 2010 Budget Cut Blues, What Happened? Educational Policies Committee
Sep 2005 Changes to the Graduation Requirements for the Associate's Degree Educational Policies Committee
Nov 2005 Consultants and the 10 + 1 Educational Policies Committee
Mar 2004 Conversations about Leadership Educational Policies Committee
Apr 2001 Coronations and Assassinations: Finding the Appropriate Role for Faculty in the Evaluation of Administrators Educational Policies Committee
Oct 2019 Data 101: Guiding Principles —10 Years Later Educational Policies Committee
May 2016 Dual Enrollment and Basic Skills: A New Pathway for Students Educational Policies Committee
Feb 2016 Dual Enrollment: What Local Senates Need to Know Educational Policies Committee
Oct 2003 Educational Policies Committee Educational Policies Committee
Apr 2022 Effective Practices that Support the Transfer of Students Who Repeat Courses to Alleviate Substandard Grades Educational Policies Committee
Apr 2012 Effective Practices: Part-Time Faculty and Local Academic Senates Educational Policies Committee
Feb 2022 Evaluating Language Proficiency for IGETC and UC Transfer Educational Policies Committee
Dec 2004 Four Policy Issues: Fees, Textbooks, Degrees, and Corporatization Educational Policies Committee
May 2009 Grades are Valuable Educational Policies Committee
Mar 2005 Graduation Requirements in English and Mathematics with Apologies to Andrew Marvell Educational Policies Committee
Sep 2011 I Fought the Law… Educational Policies Committee
Nov 2009 Institutional Review Boards—An Academic and Professional Matter Educational Policies Committee
Feb 1999 Intellectual Property: Your Right to Compensation Educational Policies Committee
Nov 2021 Long-Term Local Academic Senate Presidents: The Importance of a Light at the End of the Tunnel Educational Policies Committee