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 Sort ascending Committee Authors
Jan 2010 Academic Dishonesty and the Faculty’s Right to Assign a Grade: A Test of the Academic Senate’s Authority Educational Policies Committee
Apr 2001 About Education . . . Executive Committee
Feb 2015 AB86 Update And Next Steps Executive Committee
Mar 2014 AB 86: A Brief History and Current State of Affairs from the Noncredit Task Force Noncredit, Pre-Transfer, & Continuing Education Committee
Mar 2014 AB 806 and the 50% Law: Could We Do Better? Executive Committee
Apr 2020 AB 705: Unintended Impacts on Classes and Faculty Executive Committee
Feb 2020 AB 705 and Its Unintended Consequences Curriculum Committee
Oct 1999 AB 420: A Shaky Beginning, or a Dismal Conclusion? Executive Committee
Mar 2004 AA/AS Degree Requirements Curriculum Committee
Oct 2018 A Year Later: Where We Are with AB 705 for Mathematics and English Executive Committee
Oct 2017 A Womanly Perspective on Gender-Inclusive Language
Dec 2008 A Voc/Occ/CTE Perspective at Session Vocational Education Committee
Sep 2014 A Tribute to a Friend of the Senate ASCCC
May 2009 A Tale of Two Data Elements Curriculum Committee
Feb 2007 A Tale of Two Accrediting Commissions Accreditation and SLO Committee
Apr 2010 A Tale of Interpretations: Transfer Velocity Executive Committee
Sep 2006 A System Advisory Committee on Curriculum (SACC) Executive Committee
Nov 2011 A Student’s Perspective Executive Committee
May 2006 A Snapshot of Noncredit in the California Community Colleges Educational Policies Committee
Oct 2016 A Small Victory for Us All: AB 1995 and Student Engagement, Inclusion, and Dignity
Apr 2022 A Rostrum Article Without a Title Executive Committee
Dec 2007 A Review of Reports that You Know You Should Read Unassigned
Oct 2001 A Report from the Affirmative Action/Cultural Diversity Committee Unassigned
Feb 2002 A Report From the Affirmative Action and Cultural Diversity Committee Equity and Diversity Action Committee
Nov 2021 A Progressive, Productive Model for Honors and Equity Executive Committee