The Problem Colby College accepted an increasing amount

The Problem: Colby College accepted an increasing amount of international students from range of nationalities in the last several years. Colby hopes these international students can improve campus diversity. However, many international students still failed to build friendship with local students. Fortunately or unfortunately, this problem does not only exist in Colby. A study in 2012 by Baruch College professor Elisabeth Gareis found that 38% international students don't have close American Friends (Fischer) Danqing Zhao EN 115 Proposal solution: Colby need a new activity, which match new-coming international students and elder American volunteers. They get together 1 to 1, like brothers or sisters. Elder American students can help international students to participate in their activities and enter their society. Also, international students can improve their knowledge about a foreign counter and enrich their experience. Results: International students cannot fit in American society and learn American Culture well. American students cannot communicate frequently with international students, which means that they cannot learn about foreign cultures and languages; farther more, international students cannot improve Colby’s diversity well. Supporting Arguments: 1. 2. 3. 4. Work Cited: Fischer, Karin, “Many Foreign Students Are Friendless in the U. S. , Study Finds”, 2012 June 14, The Chronicle of Higher Education, http: //chronicle. com/article/Many-Foreign. Students-Find/132275/ 5. Colby need help international students to communicate with home students more so that they can contribute to Colby’s diversity effectively and fit in US society better—so Colby can have outstanding international alumnus Although Colby has done a lot for international students, there is not an activity that can effectively improve the relationship between international students and home students. The similarity of international students and home students is that they are both college students. They both like sports, video-games and parties. Both international and home students can get benefits from this activity, so many students will be interested in this new program. Getting alone with each other is the best way to improve friendship. Especially when international students and American students have so many things in common.