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.
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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 Accreditation: Then and Now Accreditation Committee
Apr 2023 Using Accreditation to Support Innovation Accreditation Committee
Apr 2023 Social Justice and Accreditation Accreditation Committee
Feb 2020 Making Accreditation Student Centered with Guided Pathways And Equity Accreditation Committee
Feb 2019 What Happened to the 2019 ASCCC Accreditation Institute? Accreditation Committee
Apr 2018 Building a New Road: Faculty Participation on Peer Review Teams for Accreditation Accreditation Committee
Oct 2017 Student Learning Outcomes: Where Have We Been and Where Are We Going? Accreditation Committee
Feb 2017 Accreditation Reform and the Warren Bill Accreditation Committee
Oct 2016 One Step Forward, Two Steps Back – Recent Actions on Institutions by ACCJC Accreditation Committee
Oct 2016 A Different Way of Thinking about SLOs Accreditation Committee
May 2016 The QFE: What Does It Mean for Faculty and Colleges Preparing an Accreditation Self-Evaluation? Accreditation Committee
Nov 2015 Looking Forward: the Chancellor’s Office Task Force On Accreditation Report Accreditation Committee
Sep 2015 Big Wheels (of Accreditation) Keep on Turning: An Update to the Field on ACCJC Activities Accreditation Committee
Sep 2015 The Genie in the Bottle: Disaggregation of Student Learning Outcomes Data Accreditation Committee
Nov 2013 Academic Senate Resolutions on Accreditation 1986 to the Present Accreditation Committee
Sep 2012 The ACCJC Visiting Team: Details, Details, Details Accreditation Committee
Apr 2012 Faculty Evaluations – The SLOAC Debate Continues Accreditation Committee
Feb 2012 Accreditation: What’s Next Accreditation Committee
Mar 2011 The Relationship of the Researcher with Faculty in Assessing Student Learning Accreditation Committee
Sep 2010 In Defense of Teaching: Qualitative Assessment Accreditation Committee
Jan 2010 Sharing Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) With Your College Community Accreditation Committee
Nov 2009 Updating The Faculty Role in Planning and Budgeting Paper? Accreditation Committee
Sep 2009 What Does Proficiency Look Like on the ACCJC Rubric? Accreditation Committee
May 2009 An SLO Terminology Glossary: A Draft in Progress Accreditation Committee
Mar 2009 Mythbusters: Addressing Accreditation "Urban Legends" Accreditation Committee