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Essay / Community and Diversity in My Freshman Year By Rebekah...
However, what is completely different is diversity. As I said before, American universities are predominantly Caucasian, but this school in Germany is made for diversity. It welcomes students from all over Europe, Asia and the Middle East to try to learn German and find employment in the country. One of the activities carried out by the students was to follow their path from their home to school. The activity revealed the immense diversity among the students. This diversity also doesn't help with the sense of community, because everyone comes from different backgrounds and it's hard to find things people have in common other than wanting to come to school . Additionally, they don't all speak the same language, so it is even more important for them to learn German in order to make connections, to at least have more connection with others and a greater sense of community. Overall, Neuland is significantly more diverse than American colleges, but it also lacks the community that American colleges seem to lack due to the individuality of universities.