The Smith College graduate School for Social Work announced last week it will no longer use the word “field” due to “negative associations.” “We recognize that language is powerful and that phrases ...

The University of Southern California's School of Social Work will no longer use the word "field" because it "may have connotations for descendants of slavery and immigrant workers that are not benign ...

In the name of inclusivity and anti-racism, it has become popular to stop using certain words. But some of those attempts to be inclusive and ensure in no way, shape, or form anyone can possibly be ...

Smith College’s graduate School for Social Work will abandon the term “field” — as in “going into the field” or “field work” — from its lexicon, following in the steps of other universities who have ...

The words “Latinx” and “field” are gaining national attention as state leaders and educational institutions either ban the words or implement internal guidelines on how to use them appropriately in an ...

Re “USC department bans the word ‘field’” (Jan. 20): How about the horrible trigger words that cause Jews to shudder? Isn’t it about time that the language police ban the word “camp(s)?” As a Jew ...

The University of Southern California’s School of Social Work sent a letter declaring it would no longer use the word “field” when referring to one’s area of expertise. Instead, it is replacing it ...

A liberal arts college in Massachusetts will now end the use of the word "field" for one of their programs to abide by its commitment to "anti-racist work," according to an email sent by the ...

Alexa Schwerha is a contributor to The Daily Caller News Foundation. The University of Southern California Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work will no longer use the word “field” in its ...

Regarding “Notable & Quotable: ‘Field’” (Jan. 13): No member of the University of Southern California social-work faculty ever asked me, a “Latino,” whether I am offended by the use of the word “field ...