Rostrum

Welcome to the Senate Rostrum! Below is the collection of articles, starting with the most recent.
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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 2009 Transfer Degrees—Elephants in the Room, Lines in the Sand, Hills to Die on, and Dead Horses President
Sep 2009 How Does the Budget Situation Really Affect Us? President
May 2009 A is for Accreditation: The New Scarlet Letter President
May 2009 On the Occasion of the Fortieth Anniversary of the Academic Senate President
Mar 2009 Jumping on the Opportunity President
Dec 2008 The Never-ending Question President
Sep 2008 The Statewide Academic Senate and Local Academic Senates President
May 2008 Taking Back the Concept of Accountability President
Sep 2007 Change is in the Air President
Feb 2007 The Rules of the Game - And When to Break Them President
Apr 2006 We Can, We Should-It's Right, It's Our Job President
Feb 2006 The Devil's in the Pragmatism President
May 2005 Promises to Keep President
Mar 2005 Taking AcCount: On Sacred Cows and Other Stock President
Apr 2003 Power and Paranoia: Effective Senates are Victors, not Victims President
Oct 2001 Strategic Planning President
Mar 2000 President's Message: Toward a More Perfect Union President
Oct 1999 President's Message: Teaching: A Call for Renewal and Rededication President
Jun 1999 President's Message: Leadership in an Educational Environment President
Apr 1999 President's Message: Faculty Unity is Within Reach President
Feb 1999 President's Message: "Just-in-Time" Education President
Feb 1999 The Impact of the Overuse of Part-Time Faculty President
Oct 1998 Ventura District Reviews Committee Structures, Develops Shared Governance Agreements President
Apr 1998 What is Needed to Realize the Vision of AB 1725? President
Jan 1998 President's Message: Strengthening the Academic Senate Role in Governance President