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The faculty senate at Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) has voted to ban "male-centric" terms like "freshman" and "senior," and replace them with "1st-year" and "4th-year," in order to be more "inclusive."
Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. Faculty at Pennsylvania State University have voted to replace traditional descriptors like "freshman" and "sophomore" with "1st year" or "2nd year," citing the former's "male-centric academic history." The decision came as part of a Faculty Senate bill on the "Removal of Gendered & Binary Terms from Course and Program Descriptions." The introduction states that "[t]he University, as with most all academic institutions world-wide, has grown out of a typically male-centered world." "As such, many terms in our lexi...
'Upperclassmen' No More: Penn State Gets Rid of 'Male-Centric', 'Sexist' & 'Classist' Terms Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/us/202105151082897622-upperclassmen-no-more-penn-state-gets-rid-of-male-centric-sexist--classist-terms/ The new changes reportedly come in response to a policy that allows students to be recognised “by their self-selected name and gender”. Pennsylvania State University has moved to curb the use of descriptors such as "freshman" and "sophomore" as part of the changes brought by a Faculty Senate bill which passed last month. According to Fox News, the cha...
Faculty at Pennsylvania State University have voted to replace traditional descriptors like "freshman" and "sophomore" with "1st year" or "2nd year," citing the former's "male-centric academic history." The decision came as part of a Faculty Senate bill on the "Removal of Gendered & Binary Terms from Course and Program Descriptions."
Penn State University will drop 'male-centric' terms like 'freshman' and 'senior' - as well as the words 'he and her' - in a bid to 'become more inclusive' In April, the University's Senate Committee on Curricular Affairs passed the 'Removal of Gendered & Binary Terms from Course and Program Descriptions' The senate recommended replacing freshman/sophomore/junior/senior with 'first-year',' second-year' etc. Other recommendations included replacing 'underclassmen' and 'upperclassmen' with 'lower division' and 'upper division' The phrase 'him or her' was also replaced with 'them' in a bid t...