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.
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 2024 Who Are First-Generation Students? Definitions and Implications Executive Committee
Apr 2024 Credit for Prior Learning: Standardized Exams Executive Committee
Apr 2024 Consequences of Dismantling Colleges’ DEI Work: Time to Organize and Defend Executive Committee
Apr 2024 Recent Assaults on DEI and Impacts of Limiting DEI in Instruction Executive Committee
Apr 2024 Thrown Into the Deep End: Tips for Organizing and Leading Meetings President, Executive Committee
Apr 2024 Celebrating the Whole Self: Showing Up For Students’ Mental Health Executive Committee
Apr 2024 AB 928, Cal-GETC, and Local Implementation Curriculum Committee, Executive Committee
Apr 2024 Academic Freedom: ASCCC Current Status Report Educational Policies Committee, Executive Committee
Apr 2024 To Refer or Not to Refer? That is the Question Resolutions Committee, Executive Committee
Feb 2024 ASCCC Structural Basics: Board of Directors Executive Committee
Feb 2024 The Abuse of Power: California Community College Boards of Trustees and Hiring and Selection Processes Executive Committee
Feb 2024 Working Together: The ASCCC and CTE Regional Consortiums Executive Committee
Feb 2024 Access to ASCCC Professional Learning Events Executive Committee
Feb 2024 Rehumanizing Education: Ethnic Studies in the California Community Colleges Transfer, Articulation, and Student Services Committee, Executive Committee
Feb 2024 Vision 2030’s Focus on Climate Action: How Faculty Roles and College Governance are Critical to Building Momentum and Implementation Executive Committee
Nov 2023 Gift-Giving Discourse: Decriminalizing Academic Progress Language Executive Committee
Nov 2023 Imposter Syndrome: Exploring Challenges Faced by Black Students in STEM Academic Programs Executive Committee
Nov 2023 The Faculty Empowerment and Leadership Academy Project: Organizational Theory, Values, and Ethics Executive Committee
Apr 2023 Baccalaureate Expansion in the California Community Colleges Executive Committee
Apr 2023 Resources for Academic Senate Leaders Executive Committee
Apr 2023 Academic Integrity in the Era of Artificial Intelligence: The Onus is on Faculty Executive Committee
Apr 2023 Elevating Unheard Voices Through Critical and Intentional Evaluation of Academic Senate Foundational Documents Executive Committee
Feb 2023 Work Experience Regulation Changes: Expanded Opportunities for Experiential Learning Executive Committee
Feb 2023 “When Did We Decide That?”: Delineation of the 10+1 in Local Governance Documents Executive Committee
Nov 2022 In Memory of Barbara (Hinkley) Schnelker Executive Committee