Senate Rostrum: Academic Senate for California Community Colleges Newsletter, 2001.

Senate Rostrum, the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges Newsletter, discusses issues pertaining to California community colleges and the formation of statewide policies on academic and professional matters. The April 2001 issue discusses: (1) California's Master Plan; (2) defining a "high quality education"; (3) faculty evaluation of administrators; (4) occupational education subcommittees of local academic senates; (5) observations of alternative academic calendars (quarter vs. semester system); (6) the fall 2000 Plenary Session of the Academic Senate; (7) possible revisions of the Disciplines List which sets the minimum qualifications for the faculty of California community colleges; (8) faculty dialogues through IMPAC (Intersegmental Major Preparation Articulated Curriculum); and (9) the National Student Clearinghouse which provides student transfer data. The October 2001 issue discusses: (1) equal opportunity in California's public postsecondary education; (2) relations between the Academic Senate and local academic senates; (3) a report from the Curriculum Committee; (4) the upcoming formal review of the Disciplines List; (5) a report from the Affirmation Action/Cultural Diversity Committee; (6) the transfer mission; (7) a report from the Basic Skills Committee; (8) issues in occupational education; (9) the formation of a consultation task force for student counseling; (10) a report from the Technology Committee; and (11) the Academic Senate's Web site. (JS)