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.

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The deadlines for 2024-25 will be posted shortly.
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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
Apr 2010 A Tale of Interpretations: Transfer Velocity Executive Committee
Feb 2007 A Tale of Two Accrediting Commissions Accreditation and SLO Committee
May 2009 A Tale of Two Data Elements Curriculum Committee
Sep 2014 A Tribute to a Friend of the Senate ASCCC
Dec 2008 A Voc/Occ/CTE Perspective at Session Vocational Education Committee
Feb 2024 A Win-Win: Experiential Student Learning meets Transformational Institutional Hiring Faculty Leadership Development Committee
Oct 2017 A Womanly Perspective on Gender-Inclusive Language
Oct 2018 A Year Later: Where We Are with AB 705 for Mathematics and English Executive Committee
Mar 2004 AA/AS Degree Requirements Curriculum Committee
Oct 1999 AB 420: A Shaky Beginning, or a Dismal Conclusion? Executive Committee
Feb 2020 AB 705 and Its Unintended Consequences Curriculum Committee
Apr 2020 AB 705: Unintended Impacts on Classes and Faculty Executive Committee
Mar 2014 AB 806 and the 50% Law: Could We Do Better? 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
Apr 2024 AB 928, Cal-GETC, and Local Implementation Curriculum Committee, Executive Committee
Feb 2015 AB86 Update And Next Steps Executive Committee
Apr 2001 About Education . . . Executive Committee
Jan 2010 Academic Dishonesty and the Faculty’s Right to Assign a Grade: A Test of the Academic Senate’s Authority Educational Policies Committee
Sep 2008 Academic Excellence: Why California's Community Colleges Need the 75/25 Full-Time Faculty Standard Unassigned
Nov 2020 Academic Freedom and Equity Executive Committee
Feb 1999 Academic Freedom in a Digital Age Unassigned
Apr 2024 Academic Freedom: ASCCC Current Status Report Educational Policies Committee, Executive Committee
Sep 2007 Academic Integrity Executive Committee
Apr 2023 Academic Integrity in the Era of Artificial Intelligence: The Onus is on Faculty Executive Committee
May 2009 Academic Programs without Homes Executive Committee