Rostrum

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

April 2024
February 2024
November 2023
April 2023
February 2023
November 2022
May 2022
April 2022
February 2022
July 2020

Latest Rostrum Articles

Date Title Sort descending Committee Authors
Dec 2010 Making the Case for eTranscript California Executive Committee
Feb 2008 Many Irons in the Fire Curriculum Committee
May 2008 Marketing Our Colleges: WhoDoUWant2B? Executive Committee
Oct 2019 Measuring the Second Minimum Qualification: Considerations for Exceeding Mere Compliance Standards and Practices Committee
Apr 2019 Meet the 2019 Hayward Award Recipients Standards and Practices Committee
Oct 1998 Meeting the Needs of Learning Disabled CalWORKS Students Curriculum Committee
Feb 2012 Mental Health Resources Are Here! Executive Committee
Apr 2018 Metric Fatigue: Reforming Metrics to Facilitate Meaningful Institutional Dialog Executive Committee
Sep 2007 Minimum Qualifications Audits Standards and Practices Committee
Apr 2010 Minimum Qualifications Equivalency Standards and Criteria – A New Journey Standards and Practices Committee
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
Feb 2006 Minors on Campus Educational Policies Committee
Apr 2020 Mission Creep or Mission Critical? Baccalaureate Degrees at the California Community Colleges Executive Committee
Apr 2013 Modeling the Relevance of the Boss Executive Committee
Mar 2014 MOOC Magic Online Education Committee
Apr 2022 Mothers of Color on the Pandemic Tenure Track
May 2006 MOU and the Marginalization of Faculty Executive Committee
Nov 2009 Moving Forward with Basic Skills Strategies Basic Skills Committee
Feb 2022 Moving Forward: Next Steps in the Implementation of Assembly Bills 927 (Medina, 2021), 928 (Berman, 2021), and 1111 (Berman, 2021) President
Nov 2021 Moving the Needle: Equity, Cultural Responsiveness, and Anti-Racism in the Course Outline of Record Curriculum Committee
Dec 2007 MQs, Equivalencies and Eminence, Oh My! Standards and Practices Committee
Mar 2009 Mythbusters: Addressing Accreditation "Urban Legends" Accreditation Committee
Feb 2018 Mythbusting Open Educational Materials Open Educational Resources Initiative (OERI)
Feb 2006 Never a Dull Moment in Sacramento Legislation and External Policy
Nov 2015 New Options for Professional Development – The Professional Development College Faculty Leadership Development Committee