diversity

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0On the other side of the Atlantic, a number of schools such as Oxford are considering enrolling fewer British undergraduates to take more international students for they bring higher tuition fees as well as 01u00diversity/variety/difference02u00.02br02br00I wondef if all the underlined words fit here or not. Thanks.0-

Clive · Accepted Answer

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01font01font00On the other side of the Atlantic, a number of schools such as Oxford are considering enrolling fewer British undergraduates to take more international students for they bring higher tuition fees as well as 01u00diversity/variety/difference02u00.02br
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00I wondef if all the underlined words fit here or not. 02font00No. The common term used in this kind of context is 'diversity'00. 02br
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00I would guess that this sentence was written in the USA, as only an American would be likely to refer to the University of Oxford as a school.05002br
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00This sentence seems to me rather clumsily written and punctuated. (I'm not suggesting that is further evidence that it was written by an American.05100) I would write something like this.02br
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01font00On the other side of the Atlantic, a number of universities, such as Oxford, are considering enrolling fewer British undergraduates in order to take more international students, because they bring higher tuition fees as well as diversity.02font02br
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Nona the brit · Answer

0 Diversity is the term used when you mean many types of people. It's quite a 'buzz-word' now. I bet they have someone with the job title of 'Diversity Officer'. 0-

Peaceblinkfriend · Answer

Hi Clive, Nona and thank you for raising this question Angliholic.

When you said only an American would be likely to refer to the University of Oxford as a school, I wonder what Britons refer to the University of Oxford as. In addition, what does the word 'school' conotes here? I mean why do Americans refer to the University of Oxford as a school?

I wonder what diversity officers means. Are they people in a university that take care of inernational students?

Thank you.

Best wishes,

PBF

Clive · Answer

Hi,

When you said only an American would be likely to refer to the University of Oxford as a school, I wonder what Britons refer to the University of Oxford as. They would refer to it as a university.

In addition, what does the word 'school' conotes here? I mean why do Americans refer to the University of Oxford as a school? It's just a matter of common usage. Americans sometimes use the word 'school' to refer to an institution of higher learning.

Best wishes, Clive

Peaceblinkfriend · Answer

Ah, I think I get it now. Thank you Clive.

Best wishes,

PBF

PS I should have said 'In addition, what does the word 'school' connote here?'

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