Diverse Multicultural Student Body

I have always envisioned myself working with children and their families, but my experiences in college and beyond are what have shaped my enthusiasm for school psychology. At the University of Cincinnati I focused my education on families and children. Although my overall GPA falls just below the mean for your program, as my letters of recommendation indicate, I believe that my major GPA (3.89) and my experiences outside the classroom, give a better indication of my preparedness for graduate school. As a teaching assistant for a Childhood and Adolescence Development course for three semesters, I enjoyed the opportunity to develop a greater understanding of the crucial part development plays in all aspects of a child’s life, as well as the many factors that shape a child’s development.

Public schools are beginning to see a shift in demographics in the United States. There is now a culturally diverse student population and educators need to respond to this shift in order to ensure an equal education for all students. Culture aids in determining how students learn, and culturally responsive teaching is a way teachers can educate culturally diverse students and provide an equal education for all. Culturally responsive teaching is defined by Geneva Gay as using the various characteristics, perspectives, and experiences of many cultures to effectively teach culturally diverse students (2000). Culturally responsive teaching prepares teachers to work with and teach a culturally diverse classroom of students and allows teachers to create a classroom environment that is similar to their students’ home environments so students do not have to assimilate to the dominant culture or change from their home culture to their school culture depending on their setting (Brown). Multicultural education is not only important for ensuring equal education for all students, but also creates youth who will be able to function and be effective citizens in a pluralistic society (Gay 2003). In order to implement culturally responsive teaching, teachers must acknowledge potential biases and reconstruct their attitudes, create a diverse knowledge base, be caring and empowering, and create a classroom environment that is conducive to a culturally diverse

I am a current Florida International University fourth year student with the goal of graduating this summer 2016 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology. After graduating, I plan to continue studying in a Master’s Program at FIU named Counselor Education: Clinical Mental Health Counseling, to which I am currently applying. I am a volunteer at the Child Anxiety and Phobia Program in FIU’s Center for Children and Family, where I am a research assistant I am responsible for

Diversity on college campuses has increased, which has let people assume that racism decreased and acceptance expanded gradually, however minorities still face prejudice and discrimination. Harvard University presented a research where they gathered college students from 4 particular public universities and questioned them about the social behavior they have experienced or witnessed. In the contrary, they discovered that college students have encountered racist comments or negative facial expressions towards them from Caucasians (Caplan, page 31). This has led to propositions for instance, improving social conduct between children in school, more gratification in regard to one’s culture and positive outlook toward the culture of others because America’s obsession with race and racial attitudes continues to affect individuals emotionally. It is urgent to spread diversity at a younger stage of life, for upcoming children that are starting school. The need of role models around the nation is necessary and relevant to help multicultural education in the schools. Diversity has become significant since people all over the country are passionate about others knowing where they come from and making it possible of a more diverse society in the future.

Southern Illinois University- Edwardsville is a school that supports diversity. I would recommend partnering with them.

College universities should actively strive to make their campuses racially diverse for the benefit of their students and society.

Racial Diversity is described as the quality of having many different races or cultures represented in an organization. Racial Diversity has remained a constant battle on the campus of The University of Alabama since the time of the Stand in the Schoolhouse Doors. We have taken tremendous strides since then to expel acts of racism, but we must not foster clubs of exclusivity if we want to unite the Campus. Racism is a problem on campus today, as described by the “We Are Done” protesters. Other issues are: the Exclusion of African Americans in the traditionally White Greek system, and buildings named after white supremacy leaders. Along with the political coalition, the “Machine,” as problems that need to be addressed by our University

I cannot emphasize enough the passion I have for child welfare services, I like helping individuals, children to be exact. I cannot see myself doing anything else with my life I never wanted to do anything else in life. I have demonstrated a great deal of capacity for success in the Indiana child welfare scholars program by a number of things: one, staying commented to one major; two presenting myself as a practicing child welfare worker; three, pushing myself to always do better in my classes. Once I knew I wanted to go to college in order to achieve my dream social work was my only option. If I did anything else it would have been for the money I would not have been for the right respectable reasons.

Within the last decade or so, the number of minority students and “first generation students” enrolling, attending and graduating from colleges in the US has increased significantly despite the rising cost of enrollment. This increase is due to the available scholarships, funding opportunities, affirmative action or quota to be met by these institutions. The shift in the number of minority students graduating has also affected the diversity of people in the workplace. Although discrimination legally ended more than 40 years ago with the Civil Rights Movement, the ongoing battle of minority people in the United States trying to assimilate into a culture and justice system that does not work in their favor has continued although it is

In a Nutshell: Across the country, different institutions have set goals to diversify their faculty population. Campuses such as Boston College and the University of California Riverside shared strategies they have employed to hire more faculty members from underrepresented minority groups. These strategies are not focused on numeral targets or costly initiatives. By implementing these strategies in 2016, Boston College had 39 (46%) tenure-track, and tenured faculty who were from minority backgrounds, and University of California Riverside had 35 (20%) new underrepresented-minority faculty.

As a part of a minority race at my high school I have personally dealt with racial diversity growing up. Being one of the few Asian students attending my high school I felt like I always had to be extra conscious about what I said, did, and looked like. This being my first encounter with a lack of diversity I was not afraid of the gap between men and women engineers because I knew I would not let it get in the way of pursuing my goals. Going through school I became more and more interested in the STEM field and eventually decided to major in bioengineering. When I first heard of bioengineering I began to research it because it sound like a major made just for me. I saw numbers after numbers stating that the number of female engineers is significantly

As the President of the Student Council of Peffer College, the members of the student council and I have to come up with where the spring trip will be and what fundraising we will do. We are planning on having our first meeting next week when we have to decide where we want to go and what fundraising we want to do by the end of the meeting. This is not going to be an easy task because the members of the student council are a very diverse group of students with different personalities. I have to think of everyone’s needs and not leave anyone out. This will not be easy, but I am up for the challenge.

Over the years, colleges and universities have been making efforts to amend discrimination by targeted admissions, financial aid programs, and other efforts assisting minority students (Gardner, 2006). But the debate over diversity characteristics (including race and ethnicity) in the admission process will never come to an end. The affirmative action in several states has raised discussions about minority access to higher education focusing on the

The act was based on reuniting families across seas and getting skilled workers to come work in the United States

The world is filled different cultures, races and ethnicities, and it is crucial that our higher education institutions reflect this diversity. Representation matters. We are a country filled with diverse cultures all of which whom need to be represented. The purpose of this literature review is to explain why and how diversity in a higher education setting is important. Students learn better in such an environment and are better prepared to become active participants in our pluralistic, democratic society once they leave school Diversity is not only important among the student population but also within college curriculum. It is an important issue regardless of the setting. However, when it is applied it to a place where people come to learn,