Penn State to Stop Using Freshman, Sophomore Titles Due to Male-Centric Academic History
On 5/17/21 at 1:17 PM EDT
Penn State University will stop using the titles freshman, sophomore, junior and senior in efforts to move away from male-centric academic history and closer to a more inclusive educational environment.
Penn State s Faculty Senate approved a proposition seeking to remove gendered and binary terms from the school s course and program descriptions, according to the university s student-run paper
The Daily Collegian.
A spokesperson for the Senate office told
The Daily Collegian that proposition was approved on April 27. The recommendations will be implemented following comments from the office of the president, but it is unclear exactly when those changes will go into effect.
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On the same day, the state s face covering order will end and be replaced by an advisory that is aligned with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention s new guidance that vaccinated people will be able to go mask-free in most settings.
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