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 2022 Equity, Choice, and the Community College Mission
Feb 2022 Moving Forward: Next Steps in the Implementation of Assembly Bills 927 (Medina, 2021), 928 (Berman, 2021), and 1111 (Berman, 2021) President
Feb 2022 Cultivating Faculty Diversity: Support for Peer Mentors and Tutors Legislative and Advocacy Committee
Feb 2022 To Promote or to Prevent Opportunity? Using an Equity-Minded Lens to Dispel Myths in the Equivalency Process Equity and Diversity Action Committee
Feb 2022 The Strength of Inclusivity: Changing Our Language and Campus Culture Executive Committee
Feb 2022 Accessibility: The Bridge Between Success and Disability Standards and Practices Committee
Feb 2022 Increasing Student Enrollment and Reducing Student Unit Accumulation: A Community College Paradox Executive Committee
Feb 2022 Evaluating Language Proficiency for IGETC and UC Transfer Educational Policies Committee
Feb 2022 Implications and Considerations for Cross Listing Courses Curriculum Committee
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
Feb 2022 Education and Human Development: A Sector in Crisis
Feb 2022 Access, Engagement, and Impact: The Hybrid World of ASCCC Events Executive Committee
Nov 2021 From the President’s Desk: Governance in the New Normal President
Nov 2021 What Is Hyflex, and Why Do I Keep Hearing About It? Executive Committee
Nov 2021 She, They, He, Us: Transforming Campus Inclusivity Through the Use of Pronouns Executive Committee
Nov 2021 Moving the Needle: Equity, Cultural Responsiveness, and Anti-Racism in the Course Outline of Record Curriculum Committee
Nov 2021 Getting to the Truth of It All: The Role and Impact of Critical Race Theory on Community Colleges Equity and Diversity Action Committee
Nov 2021 How Student Engagement Can Mitigate Enrollment Fraud Online Education Committee
Nov 2021 Long-Term Local Academic Senate Presidents: The Importance of a Light at the End of the Tunnel Educational Policies Committee
Nov 2021 A Progressive, Productive Model for Honors and Equity Executive Committee
Nov 2021 Liaising with the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges Executive Committee
Apr 2021 Streamlining Transfer Pathways: Educational Equity or Equality Executive Committee
Apr 2021 Academic Senates and Student Governments: A Critical Partnership Relations with Local Senates Committee
Apr 2021 Integrating Expectations for Cultural Competence into Faculty Evaluations Executive Committee
Apr 2021 Perspective: Students, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Career Technical Education CTE Leadership Committee