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:

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
May 2008 "Like a Bridge Over Troubled Waters" (With gratitude to Simon and Garfunkel for their inspiration) Noncredit, Pre-Transfer, & Continuing Education Committee
May 2006 "Shouldn't Prerequisites be an Academic and Professional Matter?" Unassigned
Feb 2002 "Where are We, and What are We Doing Here?" Executive Committee
Sep 2004 "Whereas." The Myth
Feb 2022 “¿En que les podemos ayudar?”: Addressing the Non-Credit Needs of a Growing Spanish-speaking Student Body at California’s Community Colleges Noncredit, Pre-Transfer, & Continuing Education Committee
Sep 1997 “Academic Excellence?” Executive Committee
Jan 2010 “All Senates is Local” Relations with Local Senates Committee
May 2015 “AND THE WINNER IS….”: The ASCCC Spring 2015 Elections Elections Operational Committee
Oct 2016 “Canned” Courses and Faculty Responsibilities Curriculum Committee
Apr 2020 “State of the Heart”: Jonnah Laroche, the First Faculty Member on the Board of Governors Executive Committee
Mar 2016 “The Right Leader at the Right Time”: A Tribute to Chancellor Brice Harris President
Feb 2023 “When Did We Decide That?”: Delineation of the 10+1 in Local Governance Documents Executive Committee
Feb 2015 “You Want Me to Drive WHERE?” A Look at the Representative Areas of the ASCCC Relations with Local Senates Committee
Apr 2013 10 + 1 Myths?: The Misrepresentations and Uninformed Perspective of Robert Shireman and California Competes
Oct 1998 1998 Exemplary Award Winners Executive Committee
Sep 1997 1998 Summer Faculty Leadership Institute Faculty Leadership Development Committee
Jan 1998 2005 Task Force Report Publications Operational Committee
Mar 2009 2009: A Year of Curricular Changes for California Community Colleges Curriculum Committee
May 2016 2016 Stanback Stroud Diversity Award Winner: Jennifer Dorian, Faculty Coordinator, PASS; Instructor, Fresno City College ASCCC
Nov 2023 2023-2024 ASCCC Committee Composition Snapshot
Jan 1998 29th Fall Plenary Session, Another Success Unassigned
Feb 2012 30 Years of Evolution for Associate Degree Executive Committee
May 2006 60 Percent? 80 Percent?Your Academic Senate and Healthy Dissent Executive Committee
Mar 2004 75/25-the Faculty Obligation Number or Why are We Not All There Yet? Executive Committee
Sep 2014 A Challengingly Good Year: An update from the System Advisory Committee on Curriculum 5C