Rostrum

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

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March 3, 2024.
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Latest Rostrum Articles

Date Title Sort ascending Committee Authors
Mar 2007 What do I need to Know to Teach an Online Class? Distance Education
Feb 2007 What Can We Say about the Impact of Compressed Calendars and Courses on Student Success? Relations with Local Senates Committee
Oct 1998 Western Governors' University: A Crisis for Accreditation Executive Committee
May 2005 Web Advising in the Community Colleges Counseling Advisory Committee
May 2006 We Must Be as ONE Unassigned
Apr 2006 We Can, We Should-It's Right, It's Our Job President
Feb 2006 War, Health Care, and Drug Policies: Are These Issues That Academic Senates Should Weigh In On? Executive Committee
Feb 2006 Waiting for Standardization Executive Committee
Oct 2019 Votes of No-Confidence: An Academic Senate Perspective President
Oct 2002 Vocational Faculty-What's Happening? Vocational Education Committee
Dec 2007 Vocational Education Leadership Now! Vocational Education Committee
Nov 2023 Vision 2030 and Opportunities for Academic Senate Leadership President
Oct 2002 Vigilance and Self-Defense: The Local Senate's Response to Crisis Executive Committee
May 2005 Viewing the Academic Senate Mission with Appreciative Inquiry Standards and Practices Committee
Oct 1998 Ventura District Reviews Committee Structures, Develops Shared Governance Agreements President
Nov 2013 Vendors’ Resources at Senate Events Executive Director
Oct 2002 Valuing Diversity Executive Committee
Apr 2023 Using Accreditation to Support Innovation Accreditation Committee
Nov 2009 Updating The Faculty Role in Planning and Budgeting Paper? Accreditation Committee
Feb 2015 Updating “Part-Time Faculty: A Principled Perspective” Executive Committee
Apr 2018 Updates on Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Efforts Equity and Diversity Action Committee
Apr 2022 Updates on Administrator Retreat Rights Educational Policies Committee
Mar 2007 Update on Statewide Career Pathways Project Statewide Career Pathways
Dec 2008 Update on Implementing New Mathematics and English Requirements Educational Policies Committee
Feb 2018 Untangling the Knots —Minimum Qualifications, Faculty Service Areas, Placing Courses within Disciplines and Other Fun Stuff Standards and Practices Committee