Rostrums

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

Special Edition by April 18, 2022
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Latest Rostrum Articles

Title	Authorship paragraph	Weight
“¿En que les podemos ayudar?”: Addressing the Non-Credit Needs of a Growing Spanish-speaking Student Body at California’s Community Colleges	Manuel Vélez Noncredit, Pre-Transfer, & Continuing Education Committee Chair Gevork Demirchyan Noncredit, Pre-Transfer, & Continuing Education Committee Luciano Morales Noncredit, Pre-Transfer, & Continuing Education Committee	1
“You Want Me to Drive WHERE?” A Look at the Representative Areas of the ASCCC	Kale Braden Relations with Local Senates Chair	1
“The Right Leader at the Right Time”: A Tribute to Chancellor Brice Harris	David Morse ASCCC President	2
“State of the Heart”: Jonnah Laroche, the First Faculty Member on the Board of Governors	David Morse History of the ASCCC Project Chair	3
“Canned” Courses and Faculty Responsibilities	Dolores Davison Curriculum Chair	8
“AND THE WINNER IS….”: The ASCCC Spring 2015 Elections	Dan Crump Elections Chair	4
“All Senates is Local”	Dan Crump Relations with Local Senates Committee Chair	0
“Academic Excellence?”	Linda Collins Executive Committee	7
Your College Has Completed Its Student Equity PlanNow What?	Lesley Kawaguchi Equity and Diversity Action Committee Chair	9
Working Together, Better For All: ASCCC And CCLC Collaboration	David Morse ASCCC President Thuy Thi Nguyen Interim President and CEO, Community College League of California	4
Workforce Task Force Recommendations: Minimum Qualifications and Faculty Preparation	John Stanskas ASCCC Secretary, Standards and Practices Chair, and CCCAOE Representative	2
Win, Lose, or Draw: Hiring Administrators	Michelle Pilati Relations with Local Senates Committee Chair	4
Why WGU is a Bad Idea for California	Dolores Davison Distance Education Task Force member	3
Why We, the Faculty, Need to Own and Embrace Student Learning Outcomes: A Cautionary History and Political Lesson	Lesley Kawaguchi Chair, Accreditation and SLO Committee	10
Why We Still Need the Common Assessment	Dolores Davison Secretary, ASCCC Curriculum Chair Craig Rutan Area D Representative, CAI Advisory Committee Co-Chair	3
Why We Resist the Business Model	David Morse South Representative	2
Why We Pursue Diversity	Lesley Kawaguchi Equity and Diversity Action Committee Chair	1
Why the Master Plan Matters	Hoke Simpson Vice President	3
Why Should We Care About Categoricals?	Counseling & Library Faculty Issues Committee and the Transfer & Articulation Committee	9
Why Legislative Advocacy Matters	Wendy Brill-Wynkoop FACCC Legislative and Advocacy Committee Chair Dolores Davison ASCCC Vice President and ASCCC Legislative and Advocacy Committee Chair	1
Why Full-time Faculty Matter	Michelle Pilati Curriculum Committee Chair	1
Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad MOOC?	Dolores Davison Distance Education Ad Hoc Group	10
Who's Driving Your Curriculum?	Michelle Pilati North Representative	1
Who We Are: Demographic Survey of ASCCC Committee Members	Katie Townsend-Merino Standards, Equity, Access and Practices Committee Phil Smith Past Equity and Diversity Committee Chair	10
Who Gets to Teach That Course? The Importance of Assigning Courses to Disciplines	John Freitas ASCCC Standards and Practices Committee Chair	7