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:

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 2023 Realizing the What and Determining the How President
Apr 2023 Baccalaureate Expansion in the California Community Colleges Executive Committee
Apr 2023 Resources for Academic Senate Leaders Executive Committee
Apr 2023 Time to Modify Title 5 to Define Academic Freedom Educational Policies Committee
Apr 2023 Academic Integrity in the Era of Artificial Intelligence: The Onus is on Faculty Executive Committee
Apr 2023 Accreditation: Then and Now Accreditation Committee
Apr 2023 Elevating Unheard Voices Through Critical and Intentional Evaluation of Academic Senate Foundational Documents Executive Committee
Apr 2023 Awards Season: Congratulations to Award Recipients Standards and Practices Committee
Apr 2023 Using Accreditation to Support Innovation Accreditation Committee
Apr 2023 Social Justice and Accreditation Accreditation Committee
Apr 2023 Self-Care in the Age of Collective Trauma Relations with Local Senates Committee
Apr 2022 A Rostrum Article Without a Title Executive Committee
Apr 2022 The Current Level of Accountability in the ASCCC Standards and Practices Committee
Apr 2022 Ensuring Your Faculty Voice Is Loud, Clear, and Heard Legislative and Advocacy Committee
Apr 2022 DEIA Competencies and Criteria: Defining Equity-Focused Practitioners in the California Community Colleges Executive Committee
Apr 2022 Updates on Administrator Retreat Rights Educational Policies Committee
Apr 2022 Professional Learning: A Framework
Apr 2022 What Is 5C and What Does It Do? Curriculum Committee
Apr 2022 Cluster Hiring for Faculty Diversification Equity and Diversity Action Committee
Apr 2022 Mothers of Color on the Pandemic Tenure Track
Apr 2022 Effective Practices that Support the Transfer of Students Who Repeat Courses to Alleviate Substandard Grades Educational Policies Committee
Apr 2022 Someone in Your Classroom Needs You: Supporting College Sexual Violence Prevention Programs Equity and Diversity Action Committee
Apr 2022 An Open Letter to Academic Senates
Apr 2022 Leveraging System-level Professional Development to Promote High-quality, Inclusive Online Teaching and Learning
Apr 2022 Defining Critical Race Theory in the California Community College System