“The committee recognizes that there may be places where these terms, especially gender terms, may need to remain intact, for example in the case of courses or degrees that delve into gender studies," the resolution points out. The resolution, however, admits that certain instances will exist in which gendered terms "may need to remain intact" - specifically gender studies courses and other courses that may pertain to feminism and the like. "We suggest that the University consider changes to all written materials, including recruiting materials, admissions materials, scholarship information, housing materials, other outward-facing documents, internal documents, and websites," the resolution adds. The resolution recommends that the university make "editorial updates to our course and program descriptions" to reflect the changes, in order to "remove gendered terms" and avoid any alienation of faculty, students, and staff. Terms such as 'freshmen' are decidedly male-specific, while terms such as 'upperclassmen' can be interpreted as both sexist and classist."
As such, many terms in our lexicon carry a strong, male-centric, binary character to them. The Senate Committee on Curricular Affairs passed the resolution - titled "Removal of Gendered & Binary Terms from Course and Program Descriptions" - with a majority vote.Ī portion of the resolution reads, "The University, as with most all academic institutions world-wide, has grown out of a typically male-centered world. On April 27, Penn State's faculty senate announced the passage of an "inclusive language" resolution that has effectively banned the use of "paternalistic" terms such as "freshmen," "junior," "senior," "upperclassmen," "underclassmen," and more, according to Penn State News. This quiz is based off of what is usually taught in freshman year.
This quiz consists of the following subjects: Math, History, Science (Multiple Units), and ELA. Pennsylvania State University will no longer use labels like "freshman," "junior," or "senior," because such terms are not inclusive enough and perpetuate a Western male-dominated viewpoint. History High School Junior Education Classroom Academics Chemistry Biology Senior Freshman Ela Sophomore.
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