The Impact Of Diversity On College Campuses

Even if the colleges are achieving their goals to get a diverse student body to the campuses, they fail to get those groups to interact.  In the article “The Lie About College Diversity,” Bruni’s interpretation on diversity explains that common college diversity programs are categorizing students together with similar backgrounds. Only a number of programs accept students to interact with fellow diversity students with different cultures, backgrounds or ethnic groups. These programs do not motivate students to reach out and share their thoughts with other groups because they could get rejected.  By learning other points of view and having diversity in the learning environment, it also helps individuals communicate better.  It also opens minds to ideas and concepts they might not have considered and provide them with

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

I did not have a hard time finding an article on community colleges; this one came right to me. However, as the author points out, there is a great deal of research missing on the community college level. Taylor (2015) states, “Because we have little research on LGBTQ students in the community college context (Leider, 2012; Zamani-Gallaher & Choudhuri, 2011), the vast majority of the research and empirical evidence is based on the 4-year context” (Taylor, 2015, p. 60).

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

To conduct my research I am first going to decide the purpose of my survey, which is to gain knowledge of peoples exposure to diversity and how that effects there social interactions on campus. I will then decide on the question I will ask and the type of question I will choose to use. For my particular choice of research I will chose to do a combination of open end and multiple choice questions. I choose the combination of the two because I would like to be able to get a more personal response and allow respondents to express their with the use of the open end questions, and having multiple choice questions just to get a view on how they feel about specific topics. To help strength my multiple choice answers I will use the lickert Scale because the structure will give my participants realistic answers to my question but not necessarily put words in their mouth. I will then decide what to ask in my survey that will give me the answers to my research question. When coming up with the question I must avoid putting my opinion in the questions and make sure in my questions the answer that I am trying to discover is clear.

Being at university is such an incredible experience because it gives you a sense of what the real world looks like. You shape yourself and allow the entire experience to decide the kind of human being you want to be. Make sure you take advantage of every opportunity to meet new people, share stories and laugh. Diversity is something that as students of NMMU, we should all strive for.

New York University is a school that amazes me in every aspect. With its WRITE QUALITIES. Nonetheless, the location of the school is what takes my breath away—New York City. To me, the city is a mystifying place left to be explored by its many inhabitants; a place of discovery, wonder, excitement, confusion, and opportunities. Diversity is a huge part of NYU as its student body contains numerous international students and people of color. The chance to learn about different cultures and ideas inspires me as the diversity doesn’t stop at the school’s buildings. It continues into every borough of the city and would allow me to connect with unique people and their backgrounds.

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

A majority of school climate research has focused on the K-12 environment (Anderson, 1982; Beets, Flay, Vuchinich, Acock, Li, & Allred; 2008, Brand, Felner, Shim, Seitsinger, & Dumas, 2003; Bulach, & Malone, 1994; Ma & Klinger, 2000; MacNeil, Prater, & Busch, 2009). More recently, researchers have turned their attention to school climate on college and university campuses (Worthington, 2008; Rancon & Reson, 2008; Hart and Fellabaum, 2008). Two primary issues related to the need to monitor school climate and culture in higher education have taken shape over the past twenty years. One of the issues that has attracted considerable attention in higher education is the school climate experienced by racially, ethnically, and economically diverse

It has been a long four weeks since I last saw you, but I want you to know that I am doing well and that I will be back home soon for two weeks. I want you to know, that we have to catch up on a lot of issues that I have learned. Like you already may know I am taking Contemporary Issues. It is a class designed to show the students the multicultural perspective of the diversity on the campus. You will be so surprised to everything that I have learned, the facts are really interesting on University of California San Diego (UCSD). I have come to learn the school is not what we expected it to be. I have done multiple reading, one in particular caught my attention written by Tara J. Yosso, she argues multiple views on how inequality continues to be a problem and is becoming a norm for the community of historically underrepresented students (hus).

Ethnically, culturally, religiously, and economically, I would not bring much diversity to the University of Washington. However, I can bring diversity in my experiences. I learn better by doing than by studying, so I have learned how to do a lot of things that most of my peers haven’t ever done because I don’t wait until I take a class on it to do it. I am one of two programming captains on my high school’s robotics team. I mostly taught myself how to program, but I have taken a couple classes to expand my knowledge. I am a member of a makerspace and actually helped start it. I taught myself how to solder and how to make electronics. My hobby is making electronic gadgets. Among the things I have made or helped make are a color switching pen

Coming from a diverse background has allowed me to understand the importance of diversity in a school, whether it be diversity in culture, experiences, activities, or talents. Discovering that Boston University’s undergraduates come from over 100 different countries drew me in right away. Diversity is important in a school because it allows students to learn from one another and share their unique experiences, and being a student at Boston University will allow me to be a part of that amazing diversity. Another prospect that excites me about Boston University is the more than 100 study abroad and internship programs throughout the world. Going to Bolivia through my high school has allowed me to recognize the importance of studying abroad in

Having never left the confines of New York City for more than a week or two at a time, there is a certain fear I have of leaving this comfort for college. There are aspects of life away from home that I can prepare for: new friends, a new city, new culture, etc. But, there are certain things no amount of preparation can get me ready for. One such aspect that I was concerned about was diversity of the college community, both on and off campus. Coming from a “cultural melting pot,” would I be able to adjust to little diversity elsewhere?

Do you know how diversity affects a college or university? Have you ever just wondered how diverse your college was? I have thought about his many times and think that Upike is a very diverse school. Upike is not only a great education provider but also a great example of diversity in central Appalachia because of the way this picture displays the enjoyment and happiness among students of different areas and ideas.