Texas Christian University has announced that it will no longer use the term "freshmen" in an effort to be more inclusive.
Instead, the school will refer to students in college for the first time as "first-year" students. The term will also apply to students with fewer than 24 credit hours, regardless of how long they have been enrolled in school.
TCU's Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs called the change "a reflection of our university-wide commitment to inclusive excellence."
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My gut reaction to this is to refer to everyone I see on that campus as “freshman”.
Please explain the money spent making this change and why it’s necessary. I would love to know and recognize you are far more plugged into these types of things.
Do you get graded on those?Yep. You can take selected Harvard and MIT classes for free now. Proof of concept
Yep. Homework, tests, the full montyDo you get graded on those?
To your credit, it never ceases to impress me the amount of creativity you have in finding ways to always justify and rationalize complete lunacy.Yes, a trend started ….. checks notes ….. in 1998 by the “bastion of liberalism” University of South Carolina*
Regardless of there being a gender term within the word “freshmen”, schools have moved toward the term “first year” over 2+ decades in a push to better include transfer and non-traditional students in the university community. TCU may be making this announcement about a formal change, but they’ve effectively done this for years — i.e. the office of “First Year Experience.” Expanding programs historically reserved for “freshmen” to all “first year students” is proven to increase not only a sense of community and inclusion for all students, but also retention and persistence/graduation rates (thereby reducing debt without degree and positively impacting university recruitment and rankings).
Your incessant whining lacks context, reflects total ignorance, and is a desperate attempt to make literally everything all about your political persuasion and an outlet to express political rage.
Shut the scheiss up and go read something. Ignorance is a choice you have made, but it’s not one you have to keep making.
* See https://journals.psu.edu/mentor/article/view/61495/61147
This will be the next thing Gary gets cancelled for.My gut reaction to this is to refer to everyone I see on that campus as “freshman”.
I find calling everyone "young'un" to be easier and more inclusive.
To your credit, it never ceases to impress me the amount of creativity you have in finding ways to always justify and rationalize complete lunacy.
Just wait until the woke crowd figures out that TCU awards “Masters” degrees. Uh oh...
Somehow it’ll stay because “middle management” degree doesn’t have the same prestige to itJust wait until the woke crowd figures out that TCU awards “Masters” degrees. Uh oh...
lipstick died about 8 years ago sir. How offensive.Major TCU donor Patsy "Lipstick" Zuninatello is outraged at this and is considering withholding donations
Not that it matters, but UVA (a school founded in 1819) has ALWAYS referred to students as 1st year, 2nd year etc. It was meant to say that a person never stops learning, and is purely tied to their "years of higher education". All of our service academies and military schools refer to their 1st year students by their class (4th class, 3rd class etc). I really don't think this is a huge deal.Yes, a trend started ….. checks notes ….. in 1998 by the “bastion of liberalism” University of South Carolina*
Regardless of there being a gender term within the word “freshmen”, schools have moved toward the term “first year” over 2+ decades in a push to better include transfer and non-traditional students in the university community. TCU may be making this announcement about a formal change, but they’ve effectively done this for years — i.e. the office of “First Year Experience.” Expanding programs historically reserved for “freshmen” to all “first year students” is proven to increase not only a sense of community and inclusion for all students, but also retention and persistence/graduation rates (thereby reducing debt without degree and positively impacting university recruitment and rankings).
Your incessant whining lacks context, reflects total ignorance, and is a desperate attempt to make literally everything all about your political persuasion and an outlet to express political rage.
Shut the scheiss up and go read something. Ignorance is a choice you have made, but it’s not one you have to keep making.
* See https://journals.psu.edu/mentor/article/view/61495/61147
I talked to a higher-up. She told me that this was done, as the article states, “to push for inclusive excellence”. More about persons starting classes late in life, not about gender. Most people had associated the word, “freshman” with 18-19 year olds. When a brave veteran on the GI bill shows up, “first year” made sense, and isnt always followed by a chuckle. How damn American TCU is!!! I couldn’t be more proud of my beloved, god fearing university!!!
I really wish maniac would show some respect for our heroes.