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
Mar 2005 Ripped from the Headlines! Unassigned
Nov 2023 Rising Scholars Faculty Advisory Committee: Supporting Faculty Navigating the Borderland of Higher Education and Carceral Systems Rising Scholars Faculty Advisory Committee
Dec 2012 Robert’s Rules and ASCCC Plenary Voting: A Q & A on Rights and Practices Executive Committee
Sep 2005 Role of Subcommittees Executive Committee
Mar 2009 Santa Barbara City College's SLO Faculty Development Project
Sep 2005 Sav(our)ing the World: A Triptych of Faculty Service Executive Committee
Nov 2005 SB 55 (Lowenthal) Creating a Uniform Response to Academic Senate Motions of No Confidence Unassigned
Dec 2012 Searching for an Authentic Definition of Student Success Governance and Internal Policy Committee
Jul 2020 Selective Enforcement: Disparities in Tenure Equity and Diversity Action Committee
Apr 2023 Self-Care in the Age of Collective Trauma Relations with Local Senates Committee
Apr 2012 Senate Budget Executive Committee
Feb 2007 Senate Roles in Administrator Searches: Survey Findings Educational Policies Committee
Oct 2001 Senate Websites Executive Director
Oct 1999 Senate's First Annual Curriculum Institute Curriculum Committee
Jul 2019 Senate’s First Annual Curriculum Institute Curriculum Committee
Mar 2004 Separate but Equal?: The Brown v. Board of Education Decision, Then and Now Equity and Diversity Action Committee
Nov 2011 Separating Learning Assistance and Tutoring Standards and Practices Committee
Apr 2019 Serving Faculty, Students, and the System: Participating and Learning with the ASCCC Executive Committee
Apr 2010 Setting Up an Institutional Review Board at Your College Educational Policies Committee
Feb 2020 Sex, Gender, Race, and Economic Disadvantage: Courageous Conversations About Intersectionality Executive Committee
Dec 2004 Sex, Moral Values, and The Academic Bill of Rights Executive Committee
Oct 1998 Shared Governance Retreat at COS Relations with Local Senates Committee
Jan 2010 Sharing Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) With Your College Community Accreditation Committee
Nov 2021 She, They, He, Us: Transforming Campus Inclusivity Through the Use of Pronouns Executive Committee
May 2011 Shift Happens President