International Students Recruiting

“No one talked about the concept of cultural diversity as a mosaic or as a tapestry of multi-colored threads that when woven together created a vibrantly rich and textured fabric. “Real Americans” were white. “(147) Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston gives her audience an eye opening account of how The United States, a country which prides itself on its diversity, is filled with prejudice and discrimination wherever immigrants are concerned. Jeanne is a beast, she didn’t let anyone stop her from achieving her goals “Not even when I was told I should not continue with journalism major at San Jose State because I was ‘Oriental’ and a female. There were no jobs in the field. So I changed my major to social welfare. And when I was told again by the head of Juvenile Probation Services that they could not hire me as a probation officer because the community was not ‘ready’ for ‘Orientals,’ I did not protest”. Dealing with the same discrimination in my life I can fully relate to Jeanne, there really is nothing you can do but chalk it up and move on with life.

The third section of the essay uses narration but also analysis, as Liu examines the effects of his assimilation. As Liu narrates his experiences in college, he analyzes their importance as related to his own acceptance into white American culture. Liu examines the cause and effect of his acts in college, like how he chose not to be pigeonholed by the race-specific clubs. He considers whether it was a good idea to distance himself from his Chinese culture in order to achieve success and respect in America. The third section deals with Liu’s college experience and how it played a part in his

Majority of these students were brought here at a young age without a choice, depending solely on their parent(s) hope for a better life: but because of their undocumented status, they may not be able to attend college or join the workforce. Furthermore, the problem of legal status for these students could have a significant impact on the American economy. According to the National Milk Producers Federation, agricultural labor economist James S. Holt “The reality is that if we deported a substantial number of undocumented farm workers, there would be a tremendous labor shortage. “Imagine on a greater scale, in relation to what the educated population of undocumented students could bring to the U.S. economy and what hits the economy would take if we continue to limit the educated population. The number of undocumented students entering the U.S. continues to rise, meaning that a large portion of the job market, which is becoming more competitive to enter and exclusive to college degree possessing applicants, depends on the futures of these undocumented

Our racial ethnicity is influential in what we do in life, whether it would be with school, personal relations, or even job opportunities. There are many Americans today that hold racial prejudice against people of different color and different ethnicity, which as a result narrows many opportunities that minorities can actually have. In the essay “Race in America: “We Would Like To Believe We Are Over The Problem” Maryann Cusimano Love an associate professor of international relations in the Politics Department at Catholic University, addresses “To “get over” racial problems” (Love 387) we need to acknowledge them as well as the history of those racial problems in order to move forward as a multicultural society. Love reveals a study conducted by The University of Connecticut which shows “19 percent of the 14,000 college

The article written by ESPN reporter Jemele Hill explores the tumultuous story of Chris Webber and the University of Michigan. Chris Webber was a basketball star in the early nineties at the University of Michigan and was a major contributor to the university reaching the NCAA championship game two years in a roll. After his career at Michigan, allegations were raised and then founded that Webber received thousands of dollars from than booster Ed Martin while attending Michigan. The receiving of these benefits is a violation of NCAA rules per NCAA by-law 12.3.1.2 and 12.1.2.1.6. The NCAA punished Michigan with several sanctions and loss of scholarships, monetarily, and a vacation of several seasons including the school vacating their appearances

In response to the student’s question, where she asked about the strategies white people use to cope with the issues they face in America, I agree with the responses provided by Professor Fouron and Professor Ruth Frankenberg. I believe that the United States it structured to look out for the best interest of white Americans and immigrants alike. Being white in America means that your concerns will be heard and addressed by elected officials and our society in general. As Professor Frankenburg states, I believed that the ideas of “whiteness” and “Americanness” are closely connected; a white immigrants’ legitimacy in America, even marked with an accent, will not be questioned, whereas the same has never been said for other immigrants. In fact,

Due to their fear of being deported, there is no actual data regarding the number of undocumented persons in the country. Yet, census data shows that there are over 11.4 million Latino children under the age of eighteen in the United States. (Lopez, 2015) Additionally, the growing population of Latina/o children and their fight for education, a New Civil Rights Movement has emerged as undocumented students fight for access and recognition in higher education. Undocumented immigrants’ access to higher education can be a highly politicized and controversial issue, especially depending on the state nation’s economy and the political atmosphere in the country at the time. (Gildersleeve, 2010)

More specifically, it will be concentrating on exploring cultural identities and diversity as Asian American students in higher education. As well as this, my thesis will address the factors that influence their experiences. Some of these include, but are not limited to: financial issues, language barriers, and lack of opportunity, lack of diversity and representation, and familial obligation. In addition, it will investigate how immigration history and familial influence affects the college journey and the understanding of one’s

The majority of students in the U.S. are in an endeavor to continue higher education. Most students will end up taking student loans that will take years and even decades to pay back. But, in a country where higher education is needed to succeed in a competitive job market, the debacle arises as to what happens to those who aren’t citizens trying to continue unto higher learning. Certain laws have prevented undocumented students from attending universities because of a rise in immigration. However, to those students that had no say in arriving, they now seem stuck in the crossfire of uncertainty. Many believe giving financial aid to the undocumented is a gateway to flash flood migration.“Allowing illegal immigrant students to pay in-state college

As in today’s society, one can witness someone being treated differently from others or oneself. Throughout the world, many can see discrimination, prejudice, poverty and happening. It contributes on a larger scale to people and how one gets treated whether it is their race, nationality, ethnicity and religion. In the article, “Alabama school won’t let Latino teen enroll, right group says,” by Nick Valencia, CNN, states that “an Alabama high school declined to enroll a 17-year-old Latino student twice “simply” because he was born in Mexico, the Southern Poverty Law Center said” (Valencia). This is a valuable point. It shows that one can discriminate for no particular reason yet for national origin. Prior to this, the author points this to raise the issue of how a school can treat one differently, yet there are factors on why does the school not enroll the student. Many people may also experience what the teenager feels and is going through. This article is important today because there are some who do not have prior knowledge of realizing on how someone can treat differently based on categories. In additional, the article, “Poor Latinos are victims of abuse nationwide, activists say,” by Arthur Brice, CNN, reports that “Forty-one percent of the people surveyed said they had experienced theft of their wages by employers. Forty-seven percent said they know someone who was treated unfairly by police. Seventy-seven percent of women surveyed said they have been sexually harassed by bosses, many saying that bosses used their immigration status as leverage.” (Brice). It is important to consider this point because many do not recognize how others put in an effort such as some low class Latinos yet not get treated equally. This points out that due to lower class society being “believed” as not worthy therefore when something happens to one, they won't believe them except the

The cost of a college tuition has dramatically risen since the late 1980’s, and left the country in a staggering trillion dollar student debt*. Citizens have been affected in having to pay massive fees and finally resorting to loans or having to leave school. But, for immigrants the cost of higher education is different. Recently, In state tuition for immigrant students was granted to various states such as New York, California and even Florida; which lowered the cost to a group of students called Dreamers (Bousquet 2015). The Dreamers are a group of students who have been given amnesty and the right to pursue a higher education. Being a Dreamer or student immigrant does not mean receiving a full ride to college, nor does it mean having the

Our diverse country has beautiful coasts, large cities, and miles and miles of rolling hills in the Midwest. However, part of the problem we are experiencing is the lack of awareness of the isolation certain portions of our country create. The “Other America” Harrington references exist in the dirty slums of the

As expressed in the Declaration of Independence, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal,…”, America was born upon the belief that someone who has acquired citizenship or born in America is treated equally to one another. This is further conveyed in Letters from an American Farmer by J. Hector St. John Crevecoeur when he describes an American as someones who “ is neither European, or the descendant of an European…. He is an American. who leaving behind him all his ancient prejudices and manners, relieves new ones from the new mode of life he has embraced, the new government he obeys, and the new rank he holds…. Here individuals of all nations are melted into a new race of men….”(Letter 3). Becoming an American signifies adopting new set of cultural values and beliefs, while relinquishing your original cultural myths, in order to belong to its community. Crevecoeur implies that America cannot be bi or multicultural, one must lose their cultural identity in order to become an American. However, the U.S. is in increasingly becoming more ethnically diverse and with these new perspectives, it supposedly enriches America as a whole. In Eric Liu’s Notes of a Native Speaker, Liu describes the obstacles that he faced as a Chinese-American striving to assimilate into American society and conform into it’s norms. Liu becomes conscious to the fact that his cultural identity is at odds with the melting pot myth’s false promise that America’s cultural

Every year there are around 435,000 international students enrolled in universities around the UK (UKCISA). Studying abroad for a lot of these students is a privilege, however it can be a stressful experience for various reasons. There are plenty of challenges, other than language barrier, that these students face, like major culture shock, homesickness, and financial difficulties.

International students face many different challenges when studying abroad. This is due to many factors. First, they are living in a country very far away from their own. The country they are studying at has a very different way of life than theirs. Further more, the laws in that country are much different than the laws in their own country. Due to that they face a lot of problems trying to adapt to this new culture. Me personally as an international student in the US studying at ASU, have faced three particularly difficult challenges that I was able to overcome through time. In this essay I will explain how international students can overcome tough challenges and situations.