Diversity
Lack of diversity in colleges can sometimes be a problem. For some people college may be the first opportunity they have ever had to communicate with others from different backgrounds. It can also be a way for students to understand one another and embrace the differences of others. Diversity does not only include the different race, ethnicity, religion, or physical appearance. Diversity includes all the aspects that make us who we are today, like our beliefs about philosophy, spirituality, and a range of other human issues. But true diversity in most colleges have been an obstacle they have yet to overcome. Many people have even come up with solutions in how to overcome these struggles of true diversity.
Beth McMurtrie is a senior writer who focuses on the issues of campus culture. She is also a writer for The Chronicle, and she provides lists of steps in how to widen the range of diversity in colleges. She explains in “How Do You Create a Diversity Agenda?”, that the first step to overcome the issue is to take ownership. She further on explains this point by stating that colleges …show more content…
McMurtrie uses statistics throughout her article to compare the percentage of different ethnic/races in the schools. She also uses other sources to help support her claim just as Brown uses in her article, “Are College's Diversity Efforts Putting Students in ‘Silos’?”. The least effective approach to this topic was Julio Frenk’s “Why We Need a ‘Scholarship of Belonging’”, who did not use any other outside sources and used plenty of pathos to appeal to readers. Even though it may work in some situations, however it was not very effective for this topic. All three articles, however, also have things in common. They all believe that diversity cannot be counted by numbers, and that true diversity cannot be reached without commitment from both the students and the
Lack of diversity in colleges can sometimes be a problem. For some people college may be the first opportunity they have ever had to communicate with others from different backgrounds. It can also be a way for students to understand one another and embrace the differences of others. Diversity does not only include the different race, ethnicity, religion, or physical appearance. Diversity includes all the aspects that make us who we are today, like our beliefs about philosophy, spirituality, and a range of other human issues. But true diversity in most colleges have been an obstacle they have yet to overcome. Many people have even come up with solutions in how to overcome these struggles of true diversity.
Beth McMurtrie is a senior writer who focuses on the issues of campus culture. She is also a writer for The Chronicle, and she provides lists of steps in how to widen the range of diversity in colleges. She explains in “How Do You Create a Diversity Agenda?”, that the first step to overcome the issue is to take ownership. She further on explains this point by stating that colleges …show more content…
McMurtrie uses statistics throughout her article to compare the percentage of different ethnic/races in the schools. She also uses other sources to help support her claim just as Brown uses in her article, “Are College's Diversity Efforts Putting Students in ‘Silos’?”. The least effective approach to this topic was Julio Frenk’s “Why We Need a ‘Scholarship of Belonging’”, who did not use any other outside sources and used plenty of pathos to appeal to readers. Even though it may work in some situations, however it was not very effective for this topic. All three articles, however, also have things in common. They all believe that diversity cannot be counted by numbers, and that true diversity cannot be reached without commitment from both the students and the