Academic Senate Resources
Academic Senate Resources
Forms for participating in a Senate meeting are in the "Joining Academic Senate Meetings" section.
- Academic Senate Constitution & By-laws (April 2022) (.pdf)
- Academic Senate Guidelines for Changes (.pdf)
- Faculty Department Chairs 2025 (.pdf)
- Faculty Department Chairs 2026 (.pdf)
Academic Senate for California Community College (ASCCC)
- Academic Senate for California Community Colleges (ASCCC)
- ASCCC Delegate Information
- ASCCC Handbook (2025 version)
- ASCCC Leadership Resources
- ASCCC Participating Effectively in District and College Governance (2020) .pdf
- ASCCC Scenarios Illustrating Effective Participation (2020) .pdf
- Brown Act Legislation, ASCCC
- California Community Colleges: Principles and Leadership in the Context of Higher Education (Spring 2009) .pdf
- Text of AB1725 (Vasconcellos, 1988) .pdf
Committees
Committee Co-chair Job Descriptions
- General Committee co-chair job description (rev 2025) .pdf
- AIQ Committee co-chair job description (rev 2025) .pdf
- Assessment Committee co-chair job description (rev 2024) .pdf
- Curriculum Committee co-chair job description (rev 2024) .pdf
- EODAC co-chair job description (rev 2025) .pdf
- ISIT Committee co-chair job description (rev 2010) .pdf
- Professional Development co-chair job description (rev 2025) .pdf
- Program Review co-chair job description (rev 2024) .pdf
References for Conducting Meetings
Other Resources
Awards
Academic Senate Executive Board
The Academic Senate Executive Board is an advisory body for the Academic Senate President. Visit the Academic Senate Executive Board webpage for more information.
Media
A Better BC
Bakersfield College is improving the main Panorama campus through a series of projects resulting from the voter approved Measure J bond of 2016. Our website, A Better BC has all of the information to keep you updated.
This video is an aerial view of our campus, before Measure J construction updates.