The United States is a country that celebrates numerous cultures and ethnic personalities. All the more, college campuses are better preparing students for the encounters and chances that await them in their future. Learning to live, study, and work in a diverse community is now a vital component in becoming a diverse individual/worker. Nevertheless, how should students recognize college campuses that aid diversity and multicultural experiences in a valuable way? Monmouth University has grown enormously over the preceding years. This has given rise to the concern of whether Monmouth has been able to handle this progress. This paper will help to acknowledge and address concerns relating to diversity on Monmouth University’s campus.
Arguments concerning diversity are some of the most controversial and commonly discussed topics. The article Campus Diversity in Theory and in Practice shows how diversity in theory and practice and the administrators “diversity, these folks would like to pronounce, is essential ingredient for a liberal learning on the edge of the twenty- first century”(Sanford, 1998, p. 1). The article mentions for diversity “ to accomplish this noble aim, overhauling the system to make race a measure of merit and other similarly strenuous efforts are called. More over, classroom learning is presumably enhanced by discussions emanating from a wide range of view” (Sanford, 1998, p. 1). The article mention diversity in reality is that “ no matter that some views are unwelcomed or that far too may well-meaning professors imagine (wrongly) that all black, Hispanics and Native American students speak in a single, homogenous tongue ” (Sanford, 1998, p. 1). The article also mentions that ‘ no matter- diversity alone can turn a...
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...nt Union (AASU), Catholic Campus Ministry, Chabad Club, Chinese Student Association, Muslim Student Association, and many more. There seems to be a common trend detected throughout Monmouth: our school does not recognize every race and ethnicity, and therefore does not celebrate their culture and holidays. The rapid growth of Monmouth University may be attributed to the lack of cultural awareness due to the mistaken “overlook” of the significance of diversity.
Achieving diversity on college campuses does not require equal numbers of students from different ethnicities. The diversity we seek, and the future of the nation, depend on colleges and universities to continue to be able to reach out and make a conscious effort to build healthy and diverse learning environments for their students. The success of higher education and the strength of our country depend on it.
“College campuses are not dominated by widespread racial/ethnic segregation and the racial/ethnic clustering that does occur isn’t impeding intergroup contact.” (578, Hoeffner and Hoeffner). Throughout the essay, the writer continues to provide facts and sources on the information that diversity is not a problem on college campuses. She quotes evidence that states that college students are getting a “variety of positive educational outcomes that result from being educated in a diverse environment.” (578, Hoeffner and Hoeffner).
First, I will discuss the influences of different definitions of diversity in cultural unification. The major problem concerning this issue is that many people differ in the real meaning of the concept and how they view their personal involvement. Brook argues that “we do not really care about diversity all that much in America, even though we talk about it a great deal” (306). However, they are the general, erroneous interpretations of diversity that are really creating this wrong image of indifference. According to Kira Hudson Banks in her research entitled “A Qualitative Investigation of Students’ Perceptions of Diversity,” many people defined diversity as race and do not include other types of diversity (153).
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Racism is one of the major issues in the world today. Many people are not aware of racism still existing in schools. It is obvious that racism is bad as it was many decades ago but it sure has not gone away. Racism very much exists and it is about time that people need to start thinking about solutions to this matter. Many people believe that it depends on if a person was brought into the world as a racist or not but that is not the case at all. In fact, an individual cannot be born a racist but only learn to become one as they grow from child to adulthood.
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Walter Benn Michaels article The Trouble with Diversity is about the different kind of diversities that happened in the real world. Walter talks about diversity that takes place on college campus; that at first race wasn’t even connected with diversity. This meant that colleges didn’t need to worry about race at all when they sought to diversify student bodies. But Michael’s main point in this article is that we mask economic diversity or class, as Michael puts it, with race (racial diversity). But it isn’t just race, it other kind of diversities as well.
With such a diverse workforce, Colonial Callers are able to call constituents with which they share similar affinities. When this occurs, Colonial Callers are better able to connect with constituents and are more likely to secure donations. For example, a Colonial Caller that is also a member of a sorority will call constituents that were also in a sorority when they were a student; much like an athlete is going to call a former athlete. Therefore, a diverse workforce proves to be advantageous for the Robert Morris University
The world is made up of many different types of people, each one having his or her cultural background. Over the years, the United States has become increasingly populated with cultural diversity. This influx has prompted school administrators to recognize the need to incorporate multicultural programs into their school environment including classroom settings, school wide activities, and curriculum as it becomes more evident that the benefits of teaching cultural diversity within the school setting will positively influence our communities, and ultimately the entire nation’s future. The purpose of this paper is to share the pros and cons of multicultural education in the classroom. Additionally, I will express my views compared to those in the reading requirements for this assignment, as well as, new knowledge obtained through the research. Finally, I will share situations where I was challenged introducing a multicultural issue during a class.
Diversity has always been a topic of interest for me. I enjoy looking at statistics on minority groups and researching other countries and cultures. When introduced to this project, my partner and I chose to look at the diversity population in Saint Joe. Specifically, we looked at the international student population. The number of international students is increasing rapidly throughout the U.S. Although Saint Joseph’s College does not have a large international student population like bigger state universities, the program is growing in size. With a population of about 1,200 students, St. Joe currently has 24 international students. These students were recruited by coaches late last year. Many of the current students who were recruited by
People with the same race or color don’t necessarily share the same opinions. “They will not hear other arguments and voices” (Finkelman). There is not one consistent opinion that a certain group has just because they are minorities. You really have to consider more factors if you really want to achieve diversity in a college setting.
Diversity has broad ranges of spectrums. Students from all across the continent; students from political refugees, indigenous Americans, and immigrants bring their culture and linguistic skills to American classrooms. Students do not only bring their cultures and linguistic skills, but they bring their ethnics, talents, and skills. In addition, their age and gender are two other spectrums that are part of diversity. As the years go by, diversity becomes a controversial topic. The more students that are accepted into American schools from different countries, the more diverse and rich classrooms become.
Going to school with many different cultures is exciting. I get to learn about cultures I have no clue about, such as Buddhism, Chinese, even Japanese. Going to a school that is very diverse makes me able to talk to others and learn about their cultures, and maybe even make friends with people I thought I would never make friends with. It also goes to show that everyone was not born the same, and no matter what a person’s differences are we should respect them and have no problem conversing with them. As with me, I consider myself a diverse person. My mom is Irish/American and my dad is Lebanese, so coming from a family where two cultures come together is really interesting. We celebrate Ramadan which is the fasting during the holy month for Islam, and we also celebrate Christmas, the birth of Christ in Christianity. Getting the best of both worlds is really intriguing, because I can celebrate two totally different holidays from two different religions and now how to respect both. I know for a fact that I do bring diversity to University of Toledo because not most people know an American-Lebanese.
Garcia, E. (2002). Student cultural diversity: Understanding and meeting the challenge (3rd Ed.). New York, NY: Houghton Mifflin Company.