Florida Atlantic: Community Analysis

    The practice of ethnic separation and segregation is common on every college and university campus. Since this practice has happened through history, it is remarkable that this has only been recognized recently as a true problem (Jacobs, 2). Segregation has hampered America as long as it has existed. Ethnicity and segregation was nearly the cause of this country splitting apart during the Civil War. Since then reformation and hard work has attempted to bring unity to this country. Though today, college students have regressed, university pupils are "standing by" their own and are not branching out to those who are unlike them in ethnicity. People in general, but more specifically college students

The main culturally and linguistically division (CALD) communities that are represented in Blacktown includes; country of Birth and religion. It is evidential that within each of these sub topics that the community of Blacktown is very diverse and therefore, have a higher rate of differentiation.

Our action plan concerned the multicultural clubs within PSU of not being more inviting towards multiple races, including Caucasians. Our solution as a collective is to be open and when approaching someone, to be more inviting to them to an event we are hosting. Also to let them know that it is in no way exclusive towards a

The main culturally and linguistically division (CALD) communities that are represented in Blacktown includes; country of Birth and religion. It is evidential that within each of these sub topics that the community of Blacktown is very diverse and therefore, have a higher rate of differentiation.

Black Americans groups are extremely diverse in a number of ways. Black Americans groups include people areas and this diversity affects their behavior in different racial backgrounds (American Indian, Black, and White) and includes people of Mexican, Cuban, Puerto Rican, Spanish, and Central or South American origin. Each of these different cultural groups share a common language and some cores values that result in their being classified together, yet another group also carries its own unique culture, traditions and perspective. People from these different groups also have different immigration histories that further contribute to the diversity within the African group.

Racial diversity is a term that describes the variety and nuances in the color of human skin. Throughout the course of education, students with darker colored skin experience discrimination and are not granted the opportunities they deserve. “As the United States becomes more racially and ethnically diverse, institutions…are [asked] to prepare students to live and work in an increasingly multicultural society” (Jones 249). The article describes research done in 2008 that investigates the relationship between racial diversity and community college normative campus climate. This research is important because the majority of research done within the heading of diversity and campus climate are focused on 4-year colleges (Jones 251, 259). The critical

The openness of talking race on campus not only reflects one group or one individual’s attitude on racial issues, but also reflects prevailing campus climates. More importantly, talking about race will also reveal the social climate on race talk nationwide. Other than the importance of race talk, having a campus with racial diversity also helps with achieving successful race talk among students. Orfield & Whitla (1999) found that the racially diverse campus climate benefits students’ subjective assessment by interacting with their peers from various racial groups. Other research also supported the idea of encouraging more racial interactions and race talk on campus. Living on-campus and participating in racial or cultural activities has a positive impact on students’ openness toward racial and cultural diversity (Sanner, Baldwin, Cannella, Charles, & Parker, 2010). For example, at University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA), there is a program called Conversation Partners, which aims to match international students with local students to promote more interactions among students from different cultures. This program creates liberty to talk about race by helping people of different races establish friendships. Conversations about race at universities are reenacted daily in classrooms, places of employment, and any situation where race becomes the focus

As a member of several clubs and organizations, I have always valued the wide range of people you can find within the walls of my high school. If you walk into my Physics lab, you will find me collaborating with a dancer strongly involved in his cultural heritage and a volleyball player in the engineering academy. If you come to my Calculus class, you will see me calculating derivatives with a football player, a snowboarder, a National Honor Society officer, and a painter. The word “diversity” is often used to describe a cross-cultural population, but it is so much more than that. At Bartlett High School, students originate from hundreds of different cultures, with an abundance interests, and participate together in an assortment of activities.

The culture of the Snyder-Phillips dorm, in my observation, appears to be different where it concerns race relative to minorities. My analysis is in comparison to the atmosphere

The study unravels the findings that correlate Latinos with interracial relationships and how structural diversity has an indirect effect on the participation in ethnic student organizations. The data for this study were derived from the National Longitudinal Study of Freshmen (NLSF), which is a multi-wave longitudinal survey of 3,864 students from 28 selective institutions housed at Princeton University. For the analysis of this study, we used data from the first, fourth, and fifth waves collected at the beginning of the 1st year of college, and end of the third and 4th year of college, respectively. (Kim et al., 2015) Ethnic composition of the analytical sample was as follows: 930 (26.5 %) White, 876 (25.0 %) African American, 858 (24.4 %) Latino, and 846 (24.1 %) Asian American students. (Kim et al., 2015) The final model created suggested that structural diversity in college had a positive direct effect (β = .21, p < .001) on the level of students’ interracial friendship in college, even after controlling for the level of interracial friendship in their high schools. That is, students who attend more racially diverse institutions tended to have greater gains in their interracial

I've noticed that here at MIT, for the most part at least, students of the same ethnicity socialize primarily with one another. I don't mean to pick on any one group, but let's take my experience at Orientation. I met one girl who was Indian, and I met some of her friends, all of whom were Indian.Then I met another girl who was Asian, and when I met her friends, I realized that they were all Asian, too. As a result, even at this early stage of my college experience, I've made friends with two different groups--one Asian, one Indian. Walking around, I notice people grouped by race in the dining halls and in the student center.

To me, community is a place where you feel comfortable and supported. I asked some fellow students what being part of the FAU High community meant to them and answers included “It means being surrounded by kind people. I know that I can ask FAU High students in my classes for help if I am struggling and they will be more than willing to help me,” and “it means never having to eat lunch alone. When I walk into the food court, I see fellow FAU High students everywhere, and I know they would welcome me to eat with them.” Once we are on the college campus in tenth grade, everybody feels apart of the community. Even students that drop out in ninth grade are reluctant to do so, as they are doing it for academic reasons, and not social.

In college, does dining with only members of one’s ethnicity and participating in ethic organizations/activities decline ethnic relations on campus? On one hand, only dining with one’s ethic group segregates the campus by race. Also, participating in ethnic organizations and activities could make people of different ethnicities feel segregated or left out. On the other hand dining by ethnic background could just be people hanging out with whom they enjoy to be around or relate to. Further more, participating in ethnic activities and organizations could spread awareness of different cultures and give other ethnicities the chance to interact and learn about each other.

College campuses around the world are experiencing the effect of an increasingly globalized world as representation from multiple racial and ethnic groups grow within the student population. The paradox of diversity shows that although this growing diversity is often regarded with a positive light, we are able to observe frequent conflicts and disagreements that appear to stem from racial and ethnic differences (Kasl & Yorks 2015). The national identities that have cultivated within ethnic groups allow for the maintenance and spread of culture that enhances a globalized world, but these national identities also promote the formation of in and out groups within a demographic that promote stereotypes, biases, and prejudice. Despite the potential problems present in a diverse population, an emphasis must be placed on creating a diverse environment for college students because the educational benefits and social profits of diversity are abundant and align with a greater goal of higher education—to assist in the epistemological development of students to create well-informed citizens capable of interacting in a society with empathy as well as intellect. Furthermore, college students are at a prime time to be receptive to diversity and reap a meaningful experience from their interactions with others from other racial and ethnic background. Therefore, the diversity of a student population is important to consider if a meaningful experience of higher education is desired to be

Community is unity it 's people coming together as one to support different ideologies and to create a sense of togetherness in a group. Community is important because it’s the foundation for all the people that live in it. Without that sense of unity and togetherness there will be disfunction not only within that community but with the people that reside in that community. There is a relationship between the people and the community because the people are what make that community either prosper or become dysfunctional. For example if a community is dysfunctional it 's because the people within that community are not coming together to create that sense of unity.