| There have always been arguments regarding | | | | exciting time and an opportunity that you shouldn't miss |
| degrees from universities and diplomas from | | | | out on. |
| community colleges. Is the university one as beneficial | | | | Universities attract students from across the globe, so |
| as its supporters seem to think it is? Let's have a look | | | | different nationalities, cultures and religions etc make |
| and see if the university degree really is so worth | | | | for one very big and exciting melting pot of diversity. |
| having. | | | | If you want to experience this diversity at a community |
| If you attend university, it is generally because you | | | | college, you will have to attend one in a city like New |
| want to make a career in one of those jobs that | | | | York, which has such a large population that diversity is |
| traditionally pays higher wages than those which | | | | guaranteed. |
| anyone can enter. A degree opens this door to higher | | | | If you want to experience how life is for different |
| earnings as these careers demand a degree as a | | | | cultures, then university supplies this. As a community |
| form of entry. | | | | colleges is basically a commuter campus the same as |
| One of the big attractions of going to a university is | | | | a school, the main student body is more likely to be |
| that you will be leaving home, living on campus and | | | | those who can travel easily to it; so the cultural |
| embracing the whole college lifestyle. This is the | | | | diversity doesn't exist. |
| experience of a lifetime, which, sadly, community | | | | There are new friends and experiences to be had at |
| college students miss out on. | | | | a community college, but one the studying has finished |
| For those who have never lived alone or have never | | | | for the day, there s nothing there to provide evening |
| traveled much, the thought of living on campus and | | | | entertainment. The universities are rightly proud of the |
| meeting so many new people is what tips the balance | | | | entertainment and trips that they provide for their |
| and makes them decide to opt for university. It is an | | | | students once the days lectures are over. |