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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Past Rostrum Publications:

November 2023

April 2023

February 2023

November 2022

May 2022

April 2022

February 2022

July 2020

Latest Rostrum Articles

Date Title Sort ascending Committee Authors
Oct 2018 What’s Faculty-Driven About Guided Pathways? Guided Pathways Task Force
Apr 2018 Updates on Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Efforts Equity and Diversity Action Committee
Feb 2018 Untangling the Knots —Minimum Qualifications, Faculty Service Areas, Placing Courses within Disciplines and Other Fun Stuff Standards and Practices Committee
Oct 2018 The Transformation of Counseling Along Guided Pathways Sidelines Guided Pathways Task Force
Apr 2018 The Importance of Major Preparation Curriculum Committee
Apr 2018 The Disciplines List Revision Process is Now Annual and Starts Now! Standards and Practices Committee
Oct 2018 The California Online Community College and its Need for an Academic Senate Executive Committee
Apr 2018 Supporting Part-Time Faculty for Student Success Part-Time Faculty Committee
Apr 2018 Supplemental Instruction Revisited Educational Policies Committee
Oct 2018 Student Centered Funding and Curriculum: Keeping It Student Centered Curriculum Committee
Oct 2018 Strategic Governance in Guided Pathways Implementation Accreditation and SLO Committee
Feb 2018 Sound Decisions Begin with Listening President
Oct 2018 Recognizing Faculty with Statewide Awards Standards and Practices Committee
Oct 2018 Noncredit Distance Education: Demystifying the Myth Executive Committee
Feb 2018 Mythbusting Open Educational Materials Open Educational Resources Initiative (OERI)
Apr 2018 Minimum Qualifications for Apprenticeship Instructors: On the Road to a New Relationship Between the Academic Senate and the Apprenticeship Community Standards and Practices Committee
Apr 2018 Metric Fatigue: Reforming Metrics to Facilitate Meaningful Institutional Dialog Executive Committee
Oct 2018 Lowering CCC Costs: No-Cost Designation Mandates and Low-Cost Designation Options Executive Committee
Oct 2018 Looking at Equivalency Differently: Rethinking Equivalency to General Education Executive Committee
Feb 2018 Local Senate Succession Planning: Some Considerations Executive Committee
Feb 2018 Local Implementation of AB 705— What We Know and What Remains to Be Answered Basic Skills Committee
Oct 2018 Legislation and the ASCCC Legislative and Advocacy Committee
Apr 2018 Honoring Student Voice: Ensuring Students’ Effective Participation in Governance President
Apr 2018 Guided Pathways and AB 705: What’s Noncredit Got to Do, Got To Do with It? Noncredit, Pre-Transfer, & Continuing Education Committee
Feb 2018 Faculty Primacy and AP Credit Transfer, Articulation, and Student Services Committee