Rostrum

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

See a list of our full Rostrum Archive.

Rostrum article deadlines

March 3, 2024.
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July 2020

Latest Rostrum Articles

Date Title Sort descending Committee Authors
Mar 2009 Jumping on the Opportunity President
Sep 2012 Language Issues President
Feb 2022 Moving Forward: Next Steps in the Implementation of Assembly Bills 927 (Medina, 2021), 928 (Berman, 2021), and 1111 (Berman, 2021) President
May 2009 On the Occasion of the Fortieth Anniversary of the Academic Senate President
Nov 2011 Perspectives on 1143 and 1440 President
Dec 2012 Perspectives on Regionalization and Enrollment Management President
Sep 2011 Perspectives on Student Success President
Apr 2003 Power and Paranoia: Effective Senates are Victors, not Victims President
Apr 2017 Power in the Collective: Faculty, Collegial Consultation, and Collaboration President
Feb 1999 President's Message: "Just-in-Time" Education President
Apr 1999 President's Message: Faculty Unity is Within Reach President
Jun 1999 President's Message: Leadership in an Educational Environment President
Jan 1998 President's Message: Strengthening the Academic Senate Role in Governance President
Oct 1999 President's Message: Teaching: A Call for Renewal and Rededication President
Mar 2000 President's Message: Toward a More Perfect Union President
Feb 2015 Previews of Coming Attractions for Spring 2015: Many Paths, Many Voices President
May 2005 Promises to Keep President
Apr 2023 Realizing the What and Determining the How President
Apr 2019 Revising the “Student Centered Funding Formula” to Incentivize Student-Focused Outcomes President
May 2011 Shift Happens President
Feb 2018 Sound Decisions Begin with Listening President
Oct 2001 Strategic Planning President
Sep 2015 Striking the Right Balance: Local Control vs. System-Level Decisions President
Mar 2005 Taking AcCount: On Sacred Cows and Other Stock President
May 2008 Taking Back the Concept of Accountability President