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:

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
Feb 2024 Who We Are: Over a Decade of Purposeful Change for the ASCCC Organization President, Executive Director
Feb 2024 Are Academic Senates Brown Act Bodies? The Case that Settled the Question President
Nov 2023 Vision 2030 and Opportunities for Academic Senate Leadership President
Apr 2023 Realizing the What and Determining the How President
Feb 2023 Championing Student Success and Access Over the Last 25+ Years President
May 2022 Foreword President
Feb 2022 Moving Forward: Next Steps in the Implementation of Assembly Bills 927 (Medina, 2021), 928 (Berman, 2021), and 1111 (Berman, 2021) President
Nov 2021 From the President’s Desk: Governance in the New Normal President
Nov 2020 Collegiality and Vigilance in a Time of Crisis President
Jul 2020 Foreword President
Feb 2020 Intersegmental Transfer – Progress Report President
Oct 2019 Votes of No-Confidence: An Academic Senate Perspective President
Apr 2019 Diversifying Leadership in the Faculty Ranks President, Executive Director
Apr 2019 Revising the “Student Centered Funding Formula” to Incentivize Student-Focused Outcomes President
Feb 2019 Flexibility, Compromise, and Leadership in Decision—Making: AB705 Regulatory Process as a Case Study President
Apr 2018 Honoring Student Voice: Ensuring Students’ Effective Participation in Governance President
Feb 2018 Sound Decisions Begin with Listening President
Oct 2017 Effective Participation in Governance: Policies and Practices President
Sep 2017 The Vision for Success and Guided Pathways: Responding to Change President
Apr 2017 Power in the Collective: Faculty, Collegial Consultation, and Collaboration President
Apr 2017 A Focus on History: Preserving the Heritage and Memories of the ASCCC President
Feb 2017 Developing Guided Pathways: The Importance of Faculty Voice and Leadership President
Oct 2016 An Interview with Incoming Chancellor Eloy Ortiz Oakley President
Sep 2016 Asserting the Academic Senate’s Voice: The Importance of Relationships and Education President
May 2016 A Glance Behind and a Look Ahead: A Progress Report on the Structure and Goals of the ASCCC President