The University of Pennsylvania should monitor the language of course syllabi and spend more money on DEI programming, according to the results of a “white paper” by a student committee.
The University of Pennsylvania’s Student Committee on Undergraduate Education’s 64-page document calls for increasing funding for, “greater diversity in faculty hiring, course creation, and research funding,” implementing “more stringent mechanisms to promote the use of inclusive language,” and filling roles for “social justice educators.”
Among the “stringent mechanisms” is a demand that new courses include specific language about “[first-generation low-income] LGBTQ+, and other minority students.”
The university should also make it easier for students to “report instances of discrimination by faculty” – but the students note the current bias reporting system can be amended to make it easier.