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

The deadlines for 2024-25 will be posted shortly.
See our Editorial Guidelines for Rostrum submissions.

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 Committee Authors
Apr 2024 AB 928, Cal-GETC, and Local Implementation Curriculum Committee, Executive Committee
Feb 2023 Assembly Bills, Prerequisites, and Transfer Curriculum Committee
Apr 2022 What Is 5C and What Does It Do? Curriculum Committee
Feb 2022 Implications and Considerations for Cross Listing Courses Curriculum Committee
Nov 2021 Moving the Needle: Equity, Cultural Responsiveness, and Anti-Racism in the Course Outline of Record Curriculum Committee
Feb 2021 Ethnic Studies: Looking Back; Looking Forward Curriculum Committee
Nov 2020 Development Criteria for Curriculum Approval Processes Curriculum Committee
Apr 2020 Noncredit Instruction in Guided Pathways Efforts Curriculum Committee
Feb 2020 AB 705 and Its Unintended Consequences Curriculum Committee
Jul 2019 Debunking Myths Around AB 705 Curriculum Committee
Jul 2019 A Legacy of Honesty and Integrity Curriculum Committee
Jul 2019 Senate’s First Annual Curriculum Institute Curriculum Committee
Feb 2019 Course Repetition and Repeatability – Legal Mandate and Significant Change in Industry or Licensure Standards: Sharing the Burden for Certifying the Need for Repetition Curriculum Committee
Oct 2018 Student Centered Funding and Curriculum: Keeping It Student Centered Curriculum Committee
Apr 2018 Apprenticeships and the Faculty Purview Curriculum Committee
Apr 2018 The Importance of Major Preparation Curriculum Committee
Oct 2017 TOP Code Alignment Project and Impacts on Local Coding Curriculum Committee
Sep 2017 Curriculum Streamlining Curriculum Committee
Apr 2017 Why We Still Need the Common Assessment Curriculum Committee
Oct 2016 “Canned” Courses and Faculty Responsibilities Curriculum Committee
Oct 2016 Effective and Efficient Local Curriculum Approval Processes Curriculum Committee
Mar 2016 Beyond Efficient Curriculum Approval Processes – Timely Catalog Publication Curriculum Committee
Feb 2016 Reviewing, Evaluating and Improving the Curriculum Process – A Local Academic Senate Responsibility Curriculum Committee
Nov 2015 The UC Transfer Admission Pathways Curriculum Committee
Feb 2015 Best Practices for the Development of New Courses Curriculum Committee