1. As diversity, inclusion, and equity are considered fundamental goals of higher education and serve as resources for learning that are valuable for all students (e.g., preparing them for a pluralistic society, democratic workforce, and globalization), discuss the role cultural competence plays as a critical competency within higher education. (b) Describe how cultural competence can be incorporated into policy making, infrastructure, and practice in higher education.
Cultural competence is a critical competency of higher education because it allows students, faculty, and staff to expand their perspective outside their comfort zone. Specifically looking at WKU, there are many student who come from small rural town, never interacting from …show more content…
Detail and define how social class and classism, including when these are compounded with other converging factors (social constructs), can affect an individual’s self-concept. (b) Provide an outline of the types of classism, an example of classism, and how it be manifested on a college campus. Social class is an interesting construct because it affects multiple identities, including gender, race, sexual orientation, religion, etc. No matter how a person chooses to identify, they will always have a social class. Social class is broken into three main categories: lower class, middle class, and upper class. Each class has developed a social stigma over the years, giving labels to people based on one interaction.
The lower class are people who do not or barely make enough money to support their family. These individuals often work multiple minimum wage jobs, but spend most of the money earned paying past due bills. Unfortunately, there are people in this category who feel like there is no escape and can develop negative coping skills. Because of this, people can be labeled as lazy. They should work harder and stop relying on government assistance to bail them out. Often times, when someone is stuck in the lower class, there are only a few ways they can move up the ladder such as inheritance, education, or business. Unfortunately, not everyone is lucky enough to find an avenue to move …show more content…
One of my roommate conflicts I had to handle involved a girl who was from a wealthy family and another for a lower socio-economic background. The girl from the wealthy family accuse the other girl of stealing her clothes because she could not afford them on her own. When speaking with the girl from a lower socio-economic background, she denied having stolen the clothes, but did not feel remorse because her roommate buys new clothes everyone month. This is a primary example of classism on a college campus because each resident defined the other by their social class. The wealthy roommate found out her friend borrowed her clothes, but did not apologize to her roommate. In order to resolve the situation, they decided it best to change rooms instead of working through their
Cultural competence is a critical competency of higher education because it allows students, faculty, and staff to expand their perspective outside their comfort zone. Specifically looking at WKU, there are many student who come from small rural town, never interacting from …show more content…
Detail and define how social class and classism, including when these are compounded with other converging factors (social constructs), can affect an individual’s self-concept. (b) Provide an outline of the types of classism, an example of classism, and how it be manifested on a college campus. Social class is an interesting construct because it affects multiple identities, including gender, race, sexual orientation, religion, etc. No matter how a person chooses to identify, they will always have a social class. Social class is broken into three main categories: lower class, middle class, and upper class. Each class has developed a social stigma over the years, giving labels to people based on one interaction.
The lower class are people who do not or barely make enough money to support their family. These individuals often work multiple minimum wage jobs, but spend most of the money earned paying past due bills. Unfortunately, there are people in this category who feel like there is no escape and can develop negative coping skills. Because of this, people can be labeled as lazy. They should work harder and stop relying on government assistance to bail them out. Often times, when someone is stuck in the lower class, there are only a few ways they can move up the ladder such as inheritance, education, or business. Unfortunately, not everyone is lucky enough to find an avenue to move …show more content…
One of my roommate conflicts I had to handle involved a girl who was from a wealthy family and another for a lower socio-economic background. The girl from the wealthy family accuse the other girl of stealing her clothes because she could not afford them on her own. When speaking with the girl from a lower socio-economic background, she denied having stolen the clothes, but did not feel remorse because her roommate buys new clothes everyone month. This is a primary example of classism on a college campus because each resident defined the other by their social class. The wealthy roommate found out her friend borrowed her clothes, but did not apologize to her roommate. In order to resolve the situation, they decided it best to change rooms instead of working through their