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.
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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 Committee Authors
Apr 2023 Time to Modify Title 5 to Define Academic Freedom Educational Policies Committee
Apr 2022 Updates on Administrator Retreat Rights Educational Policies Committee
Apr 2022 Effective Practices that Support the Transfer of Students Who Repeat Courses to Alleviate Substandard Grades Educational Policies Committee
Feb 2022 Evaluating Language Proficiency for IGETC and UC Transfer Educational Policies Committee
Nov 2021 Long-Term Local Academic Senate Presidents: The Importance of a Light at the End of the Tunnel Educational Policies Committee
Oct 2019 Data 101: Guiding Principles —10 Years Later Educational Policies Committee
Apr 2019 The 4th Pillar: Guiding Questions to Focus and Define Faculty Involvement Educational Policies Committee
Apr 2018 Supplemental Instruction Revisited Educational Policies Committee
Oct 2017 The Value of Time: Going on Sabbatical? Try OER Educational Policies Committee
Apr 2017 Advanced Placement Examination Credit Policy for General Education Educational Policies Committee
May 2016 Dual Enrollment and Basic Skills: A New Pathway for Students Educational Policies Committee
Feb 2016 Dual Enrollment: What Local Senates Need to Know Educational Policies Committee
Nov 2015 Open Educational Resources and the California Community Colleges Educational Policies Committee
Feb 2015 Automatic Awarding of Degrees and Certificates – Considerations for Local Senates Educational Policies Committee
Jun 2013 Beyond the Classroom: Fostering Local and Statewide Engagement in Our Faculty Educational Policies Committee
Apr 2012 Effective Practices: Part-Time Faculty and Local Academic Senates Educational Policies Committee
Feb 2012 The Chance to be Human Educational Policies Committee
Sep 2011 I Fought the Law… Educational Policies Committee
Mar 2011 Open Access and “Excess Units” Educational Policies Committee
Dec 2010 Budget Cut Blues, What Happened? Educational Policies Committee
Dec 2010 What we “know” (about) what we “need” Educational Policies Committee
Apr 2010 Setting Up an Institutional Review Board at Your College Educational Policies Committee
Apr 2010 The Appointment or Selection of Faculty to Short-term, Non-teaching Tasks - Why did HE get that position? Educational Policies Committee
Jan 2010 Academic Dishonesty and the Faculty’s Right to Assign a Grade: A Test of the Academic Senate’s Authority Educational Policies Committee
Nov 2009 Institutional Review Boards—An Academic and Professional Matter Educational Policies Committee