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
Nov 2015 Quantitative Reasoning at the Baccalaureate Level: How We Arrived at This Moment and the Need for Further Dialog among All Faculty Executive Committee
Nov 2015 Program Review: From Mandate to Benefit Executive Committee
Nov 2015 Results of the Baccalaureate Degree Taskforce Survey to the Field Executive Committee
Sep 2015 Defining the CCC Baccalaureate Degree Executive Committee
Feb 2015 Unraveling the Mystery of Statewide Appointments Executive Committee
Feb 2015 Updating “Part-Time Faculty: A Principled Perspective” Executive Committee
Feb 2015 AB86 Update And Next Steps Executive Committee
Oct 2014 A New Assessment for All Community College Students Executive Committee
Oct 2014 There and Back Again: Serving on an ACCJC Accreditation Evaluation Team Executive Committee
Oct 2014 Guidelines for the Development and Implementation of Associate Degrees for Transfer (ADTs): An Update on the Academic Senate Paper Executive Committee
Sep 2014 In Appreciation of John Vasconcellos Executive Committee
Sep 2014 Remembering an Educational Advocate Executive Committee
Mar 2014 AB 806 and the 50% Law: Could We Do Better? Executive Committee
Mar 2014 Practical Leadership: Connecting Local Senates with Plenaries and Institutes Executive Committee
Nov 2013 Let Bylaws Be Bylaws: A Cautionary Tale About Senate Succession Executive Committee
Nov 2013 Integrating Adjunct Faculty into the College Community Executive Committee
Nov 2013 Advocacy at the Local Level: What Your Senate Can Do to Stay Informed and Active Executive Committee
Jun 2013 Embracing and Implementing New K-12 Standards in English, Mathematics and Science Executive Committee
Apr 2013 Modeling the Relevance of the Boss Executive Committee
Apr 2013 Practical Leadership: Turbocharging Meetings Through Advance Preparation Executive Committee
Apr 2013 Possible Changes And Potential Challenges: The Recommendations Of The Chancellor’s Office Professsional Development Committee Executive Committee
Apr 2013 Embracing and Implementing New K-12 Standards in English, Mathematics and Science Executive Committee
Dec 2012 Common Courtesy and Professionalism: Do We Expect Less from Each Other than We Expect of Our Students? Executive Committee
Dec 2012 Robert’s Rules and ASCCC Plenary Voting: A Q & A on Rights and Practices Executive Committee
Sep 2012 The Value of GE or the Answer to "Why Do I Need to Take This Class?" Executive Committee