Damaris Paulino WRD 110 Fall 2021

  ICW: Expanding Community Research Research Question:  1. How does the cost of college affect students’ who want to pursue higher education? 

  Damaris Paulino  Professor Rolfes   WRD 110    23 September 2021                                  Student Minority Resources    Starting College is a big transition from what students are used to during high school. One of the changes is moving to a new unknown space. Finding yourself in a large new campus such as at the University of Kentucky can be hard. However, when you are part of a minority this adds an extra level of difficulty, because even though you are part of the large student body, your background and experiences are different. This can create a lack of empathy or relativeness which can cause minority students to struggle in finding a sense of belonging and this can impact their performance on academics since they would be under stress, more likely would feel that they do not fit in. It’s important for students to find a community they bel...