Diversity: My Ideal College

For two days, I observed the first ten individuals entering the Jones-Sampson building located on the JSU campus. Observing these individuals allowed me the opportunity to explore how diversity is perceived from a small sample of the campus. I believe, a college campus is the perfect setting to view the hop topic called diversity. The population at JSU includes people from various countries, social economic backgrounds, class, gender, occupations, and sexual-orientation. According to the Webster dictionary, diversity entails the quality or state of having different forms, types, and ideas about something. For the purpose of this observation, the first ten individuals encountered were evaluated based on both their similarities and differences. The factors observed

Diversity is a term known for, "variety." To be diverse is to have a range of different types of people all in one place. Different types of people can range from their race, background, social class, age, or religion. Those are just a few examples that can separate a person from others. To be aware of diversity around you is something everyone should take note of. Many people may not realize that they live in such a diverse world that they do not know how to cope with someone when they do find someone with a different background than they do. Washburn University has a very diverse population and Washburn and most of the students and faculty are aware of this and take great pride in it. Washburn University is not the biggest college and it

Washburn University has always been proud of having diversity since it first opened its doors to the public 151 years ago. If you are to look around campus many are able to see how much diversity is valued by the campus as a whole, they know everyone is different and each person has their own story to tell. If a university made it where no one is allowed to talk about where they came before and how they ended up where they are in life. what is the point of being proud of who you are? For me, it is important for each person to be proud of the person who they are because they could have had to overcome so much in life to make it to this point of being an undergraduate.

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.

College is for people with the intellectual capacity for a higher education, not for equal representation among races to better the college experience. According to the Merriam Webster dictionary, a quota is an official limit on the number or amount of people or things that are allowed. They were put in place to prevent discrimination and bias within the selection process for college applications. However, the supreme court illegalized quotas in 1789. Now, we have affirmative action: the practice of improving the educational and job opportunities of members of groups that have not been treated fairly in the past because of their race, sex, religion, etc. However, affirmative action causes minorities to compete against each for success, rather than against majorities. The ruling in the case of Regents of the University

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

The term diversity is not an uncommon word on campus, it is something we are looking for to ensure we are incorporating as much as we can everyday; in our conversations, hiring practices, mission statements, and more. But the conversation of diversity is not happening at the

Sophia Kerby speaks out about why we need diversity on college campuses. She uses research on Fisher Vs University of Texas to challenge college and universities to make change in their admission policies. Kerby states, “If the Court bars the use of race in admissions, it will erase 50 years of progress and threaten universities’ attempts to make college campuses more diverse and inclusive” (Kerby, 2012). Kerby understands that every college and university cannot use race as a way help with diversity in intuitions. So, it’s important as a country that we continue to allow equal opportunity to higher education base on fairness to all. Kerby has 10 interesting reason why we need diversity on campuses for all students. One of the ten reason are

I do personally think that they should put more diverse culture at colleges and have them have several different cultures and for them to have more things that not everyone would hear of on campus. I was at Peru recently and I had seen that there wasn’t that many different cultures on campus but that could have been because we were there the week after they went back to school. One thing that I could see is that they do need to have some type of diversity in there campus. I had seen that SCC has a lot of diversity on campus. Peru just needs to have more diversity. The college applications do need to have some type of question to ask them what type of race they have but they don’t need to be rude about it. They just need to have diversity, they

Diversity is not merely defined as originating from a different culture. Diversity is everything that makes you unique. In detail, the most diverse part of human life is not only their genes, and where they originate from, but also their experiences, and what helped shape them. Personally, I come from family with very diverse roots. My grandmother is Hispanic, my grandfather, German. And my other two grandparents are of Irish, French, and English origins. I have developed a strong sense of racial diversity due to my family coming from so many different areas. Upon attending the University of Washington, I will add to not only the racial diversity I obtain, but also the socioeconomic diversity of being a minority due to the fact that I am a first generation college student from a lower middle class family. Equally as important, I am a woman in pursuing a medical degree determined to succeed.

As a Christian coming from the Islamic dominated Middle East, I not only bring the unique ethnical and socioeconomic background, but also a slew of life experiences. Along with my experiences, my diverse college studies bring a distinctive well-roundedness to an incoming student cohort. Growing up as a Christian in an Islamic culture, I learnt what it means to belong to a persecuted misunderstood minority. This gave me a unique understanding of dealing with the multitude of minorities in our society. It is almost impossible to describe the feelings and the pressures that affect those who are living as minorities in a society. Those feelings can only be understood through first-hand experience. Therefore, I am able to bring this unique experience

Diversity is an ongoing discussion in day-to-day life. Not many situations occur without diversity having a role. There are a multitude of topics that introduces or involves diversity, to include age, sex, race, gender, ethnicity and so on. Prior to participating in this Diversity Awareness class, I’ve always thought diversity was more geared around discrimination and racism. Through weekly readings and discussions, I have discovered that diversity is much broader than that. There are many countries that are mixed culturally

For some, a college campus is the first time they are in a diverse environment. Especially at a school such as Potsdam which is located in a small, rural town. With so little people living in the surrounding areas there is thus not a diverse population. The local people who then come to this college may have never seen a black person before because that is how isolated the town is. Even for students that grew up around what they thought was diverse are surprised by the diversity they encounter here. College is a diverse place, but it often lacks a strong sense of diversity. The campus community was rocked last year when a black professor received multiple hate-filled letters from a former student. The students were outraged, and thus reacted

The first thing to acknowledge about diversity is that it can be difficult. In the U.S., where the dialogue of inclusion is relatively advanced, even the mention of the word “diversity” can lead to anxiety and conflict. Supreme Court justices disagree on the virtues of diversity and the means for achieving it. Corporations spend billions of dollars to attract and manage diversity both internally and externally, yet they still face discrimination lawsuits, and the leadership ranks of the business world remain predominantly white and male.

At UC-Berkeley, the course description for "Politics and Poetics" (Fall Course 2002) stated that "conservative thinkers are encouraged to seek other sections." (SAF 1). Though the instructor later apologized for the description, this is the sort of encouragement conservative-minded students are greeted with many times during their college experience. It is said that in class, students are taught that their country -- and Western culture in general -- is tainted by racism, sexism, and oppression (Stearn 2).