Penn State faculty vote to end terms 'freshman,' 'sophomore' & others

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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.'

According to an example provided by the committee, using the phrase"him or her" was too problematic to survive the proposed edits.CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP

Original:"THEA 270 Introduction to Lighting Design . Introduction to Lighting Design will focus on helping each student to develop a design process that takes him or her from script to stage." Edited:"THEA 270 Introduction to Lighting Design . Introduction to Lighting Design will focus on helping each student to develop a design process that takes them from script to stage."

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