Texas Christian University to nix the word 'freshmen' in push for 'inclusive excellence'

[tcumaniac]

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."

https://www.campusreform.org/articl...mNXcsCYKaR07_BGwaErfZ8gdFllIKZ2LJDRpHZDesrjUQ

 

[tcumaniac]

What a freaking joke of an institution our alma mater has become.

 

[bronco]

Shouldn't this have been posted on April 1st?

 

[Frog-in-law1995]

Posted this in the other thread too, but belongs here:

 

[ftwfrog]

Is this silly? yes

Do I give one scheiss about the label next to a first year student’s name in the registrar? No

 

[jake102]

Is this silly? yes

Do I give one scheiss about the label next to a first year student’s name in the registrar? No

Yeah, I really don't care, except for the fact that I'm sure a chunk of change will be needed to implement this verbiage across all platforms. Stupid. Wasteful.

 

[flyfishingfrog]

so are you shaming students when you call them "sixth year"? or will it just "fourth+" so we don't make Tommy Boy sad for his victory lap(s)?

 

[FrogAbroad]

so are you shaming students when you call them "sixth year"? or will it just "fourth+" so we don't make Tommy Boy sad for his victory lap(s)?

Person. Tommy Person.

 

[Brog]

Texas Christian University in the interest of making all things equal and offending absolutely no one, just announced that the following words cannot be used on campus, under penalty of dismissal: specimen, human, woman, manifestation, manipulate, draftsman, workmanlike, manager... The list contains another 500+ words in which the letters "man" or "men" occur.

 

[LVH]

 

[Eight]

just call them frosh.......guess not, but the real question will be how long will it take the rosters on gofrogs to be changed to reflect the new kinder, gentler, more inclusive terminology

 

[Frog-in-law1995]

Is this silly? yes

Do I give one scheiss about the label next to a first year student’s name in the registrar? No

I don’t care that the earth is 1.6° hotter on average than it was 100 years ago, either.

 

[Eight]

I don’t care that the earth is 1.6° hotter on average than it was 100 years ago, either.

 

[Longhorn from Aledo]

There really is no reason to attend any of these expensive woke schools any longer. My kids are going the clep, testing out route for 95% of their degrees. The total cost is less than $5,000. The accredited online degrees are the same as the others.

 

[Frog-in-law1995]

There really is no reason to attend any of these expensive woke schools any longer. My kids are going the clep, testing out route for 95% of their degrees. The total cost is less than $5,000. The accredited online degrees are the same as the others.

Thought The Clep was more of a Tech thing.

oh , wait, I may be thinking of something else.

 

[Gehörnter Frosch]

Just getting our house in order before the move to the PAC-16.

The last and final step is to drop the word Christian from the name.

Next headline: TCU to become "Texas Coexist University"

 

[HFrog1999]

so are you shaming students when you call them "sixth year"? or will it just "fourth+" so we don't make Tommy Boy sad for his victory lap(s)?

or the infamous 7th year

 

[HFrog1999]

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."

https://www.campusreform.org/articl...mNXcsCYKaR07_BGwaErfZ8gdFllIKZ2LJDRpHZDesrjUQ

Just wait until you see our new school flag

 

[tcumaniac]

I think freshthem would have been much more appropriate.

 

[Eight]

Just wait until you see our new school flag

dan harmon was, is, a comic genius and showed mike judge level perception of how stupid we are becoming