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

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February 2023

November 2022

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July 2020

Latest Rostrum Articles

Date Title Committee Sort descending Authors
Oct 2014 CB 21, C-ID, and the Ongoing Challenge of Defining Basic Skills Curriculum Curriculum Committee
Nov 2015 The UC Transfer Admission Pathways Curriculum Committee
Feb 2015 Best Practices for the Development of New Courses Curriculum Committee
Oct 1999 Senate's First Annual Curriculum Institute Curriculum Committee
Oct 1998 Plus and Minus Grading Debate at San Diego Mesa Curriculum Committee
Oct 1998 Meeting the Needs of Learning Disabled CalWORKS Students Curriculum Committee
Apr 2006 Distance Education: If Done Right, Is It Right for You? Curriculum Committee
Apr 2006 The College Catalog: An Academic and Professional Matter Curriculum Committee
Feb 2006 Why Full-time Faculty Matter Curriculum Committee
Dec 2006 Curriculum Approval Takes Too Long. and Other Myths Curriculum Committee
Feb 2007 The Issue of Establishing Equivalency in Noncredit Curriculum Committee
Mar 2007 Curriculum Institute and Student Learning Outcomes Institute Curriculum Committee
May 2007 Information Competency Graduation Requirement Programs: A Survey of Methods Curriculum Committee
Jun 2013 Call Me Maybe? : When to Contact the Chancellor’s Office and How to Find Information on Your Own Curriculum Committee
Dec 2012 Issues Regarding Academic Credit for Veterans and Military Service Members: Doing What Is Best for Students Curriculum Committee
Feb 2012 CB and SP Codes: What You Need to Know and Why Curriculum Committee
Apr 2012 Implementing Prerequisites: A Response to SSTF Recommendation 3.4 Curriculum Committee
Mar 2016 Beyond Efficient Curriculum Approval Processes – Timely Catalog Publication Curriculum Committee
Oct 2016 “Canned” Courses and Faculty Responsibilities Curriculum Committee
Oct 2016 Effective and Efficient Local Curriculum Approval Processes Curriculum Committee
Apr 2017 Why We Still Need the Common Assessment Curriculum Committee
Feb 2016 Reviewing, Evaluating and Improving the Curriculum Process – A Local Academic Senate Responsibility Curriculum Committee
Oct 2017 TOP Code Alignment Project and Impacts on Local Coding Curriculum Committee
Apr 2018 Apprenticeships and the Faculty Purview Curriculum Committee
Apr 2018 The Importance of Major Preparation Curriculum Committee