The rostrum is a quarterly publication of the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges. The following articles are included in this issue: (1) The Need for full Time faculty (again) by Jane Patton; (2) Reading May Be the Key to Unlocking Basic Skills Success by Janet Fulks; (3) Diversity Institute on the Right Track by Beth Smith; (4) Setting Up an Institutional Review Board at Your College by Eduardo Jesus Arismendi-Pardi and Mark Wade Lieu; (5) Maintaining the Academic Integrity of Short Term Courses by Zerryl Becker; (6) When are Counseling Paraprofessionals Appropriate? A Friendly Reminder by Mary Beth Barrios; (7) The Appointment or Selection of Faculty to Short-term, Non-teaching Tasks--Why did HE get that position? by Michelle Grimes-Hillman; (8) What Would You Like to Know? and How? A Conversation about the BRIC Project by Ian Walton and Rob Johnstone; (9) California Community Colleges Strategic Plan Assessment Action Planning Group (APG): An Update on the Group's Recommendations by Mark Wade Lieu and Richard Mahon; (10) Coursework Recency by Richard Mahon with Stephanie Dumont; (11) The Transfer Degree: An Alternate Perspective; (12) A Tale of Interpretations: Transfer Velocity by Richard Mahon; (13) Curriculum and Dominoes: What We Learned about Statewide Curriculum Work through CB 21 by Janet Fulks; (14) Minimum Qualifications Equivalency Standards and Criteria--A New Journey by Wheeler North; (15) Putting Students First: The Solution to the Challenge of Program Discontinuance by Richard Mahon and Wheeler North; (16) Exemplary Awards; and (17) Julie's In Box.