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.
See our Editorial Guidelines for Rostrum submissions.

Past Rostrum Publications:

November 2023

April 2023

February 2023

November 2022

May 2022

April 2022

February 2022

July 2020

Latest Rostrum Articles

Date Title Committee Authors
Jan 2010 The Master Plan for Higher Education and the Missions of the California Community Colleges President
Jan 2010 Academic Dishonesty and the Faculty’s Right to Assign a Grade: A Test of the Academic Senate’s Authority Educational Policies Committee
Jan 2010 Basic Skills Initiative Work - We Have Gone Far and Deep! Basic Skills Committee
Jan 2010 Basic Skills – The Front Line Faculty are Often Adjuncts; How Do we Support and Involve Them? BSI Steering Committee
Jan 2010 Putting Prerequisites into Context: How We Got to Where We Are
Jan 2010 Ethnic Studies Requirement: Understanding It and Fulfilling It. Curriculum Committee
Jan 2010 Local Control – Who Needs It Executive Committee
Jan 2010 Sharing Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) With Your College Community Accreditation Committee
Jan 2010 “All Senates is Local” Relations with Local Senates Committee
Jan 2010 Transfer Degree Déjà Vu Executive Committee
Jan 2010 Fall 2009 Referred Resolutions – Revising the 50% Law and Response to AB 440: “Transfer Degree” Executive Committee
Jan 2010 It’s Not FSAs Standards and Practices Committee
Jan 2010 Julie’s Inbox…. Executive Director
Jan 2010 A Look on the “Bright Side” of Flex Activities Faculty Leadership Development Committee
Apr 2010 The Need for Full Time Faculty (again) President
Apr 2010 Reading May Be the Key to Unlocking Basic Skills Success Basic Skills Committee
Apr 2010 Diversity Institute on the Right Track Equity and Diversity Action Committee
Apr 2010 Setting Up an Institutional Review Board at Your College Educational Policies Committee
Apr 2010 Maintaining the Academic Integrity of Short Term Courses Curriculum Committee
Apr 2010 When Are Counseling Paraprofessionals Appropriate? A Friendly Reminder Transfer, Articulation, and Student Services Committee
Apr 2010 The Appointment or Selection of Faculty to Short-term, Non-teaching Tasks - Why did HE get that position? Educational Policies Committee
Apr 2010 What Would You Like to Know? And How? A Conversation about the BRIC Project Executive Committee
Apr 2010 California Community Colleges Strategic Plan Assessment Action Planning Group (APG): An Update on the Group’s Recommendations
Apr 2010 Coursework Recency Curriculum Committee
Apr 2010 The Transfer Degree: An Alternate Perspective Transfer and Articulation Committee