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 Who Are First-Generation Students? Definitions and Implications Executive Committee
Apr 2024 Credit for Prior Learning: Standardized Exams Executive Committee
Apr 2024 Consequences of Dismantling Colleges’ DEI Work: Time to Organize and Defend Executive Committee
Apr 2024 Recent Assaults on DEI and Impacts of Limiting DEI in Instruction Executive Committee
Apr 2024 Thrown Into the Deep End: Tips for Organizing and Leading Meetings President, Executive Committee
Apr 2024 Celebrating the Whole Self: Showing Up For Students’ Mental Health Executive Committee
Apr 2024 AB 928, Cal-GETC, and Local Implementation Curriculum Committee, Executive Committee
Apr 2024 Academic Freedom: ASCCC Current Status Report Educational Policies Committee, Executive Committee
Apr 2024 To Refer or Not to Refer? That is the Question Resolutions Committee, Executive Committee
Apr 2023 Baccalaureate Expansion in the California Community Colleges Executive Committee
Apr 2023 Resources for Academic Senate Leaders Executive Committee
Apr 2023 Academic Integrity in the Era of Artificial Intelligence: The Onus is on Faculty Executive Committee
Apr 2023 Elevating Unheard Voices Through Critical and Intentional Evaluation of Academic Senate Foundational Documents Executive Committee
Apr 2022 A Rostrum Article Without a Title Executive Committee
Apr 2022 DEIA Competencies and Criteria: Defining Equity-Focused Practitioners in the California Community Colleges Executive Committee
Apr 2021 Streamlining Transfer Pathways: Educational Equity or Equality Executive Committee
Apr 2021 Integrating Expectations for Cultural Competence into Faculty Evaluations Executive Committee
Apr 2021 The Walls are Shaking: A Case for Anxious Pedagogy in the Present- and Post-COVID Writing Classroom Executive Committee
Apr 2021 California Community College Catalogs: Student Guide or Student Jungle? Executive Committee
Apr 2020 Mission Creep or Mission Critical? Baccalaureate Degrees at the California Community Colleges Executive Committee
Apr 2020 AB 705: Unintended Impacts on Classes and Faculty Executive Committee
Apr 2020 ASCCC Valuing Your Voice: Walking the Talk Executive Committee
Apr 2020 “State of the Heart”: Jonnah Laroche, the First Faculty Member on the Board of Governors Executive Committee
Apr 2020 To Serve or Not to Serve: Considerations When Running for the ASCCC Executive Committee Executive Committee
Apr 2020 Congratulations to the 2019-2020 ASCCC Exemplary Program and Hayward Award Winners Executive Committee